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#92735 04/05/05 11:55 AM
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Is it permissable to use sch 40 for service entrance up a wall if it does not go through the roof? I know underground is sch 80.

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#92736 04/05/05 12:35 PM
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If it is ok to use SEU or SER I don't see a problem with Sch 40 pvc, and neither have any of my inspectors so far. Although some have asked how my pipe fits so nicely around drip cap etc.. Like they didn't know that if you heat it pvc will bend.

#92737 09/26/05 12:09 AM
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Just came across this thread...5 months later! But to add my two cents to your last sentence, Member "sid", my understanding of the NEC is that:

Schedule 40 is suitable for underground, while it is Schedule 80 that is used more for exposed work, i.e., that is likely to be subject to damage.

Anybody still out there on this thread?



[This message has been edited by Tripp (edited 09-26-2005).]

#92738 09/27/05 04:41 AM
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Schedule 40 dominates the market utterly.

It is used above ground and underground. Wherever you might think to use plastic -- Schedule 40 PVC 'owns' the market.

Schedule 80 is used but rarely. It has a tighter interior dimension and costs more. Hence it is only used when the raceway is exposed to damage.

I work commercial. If any pipe is at risk for 'damage' it is protected by bollards, etc. Schedule 40 rules.

Schedule 80 is practically never used underground. What would be the point?


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#92739 09/27/05 12:23 PM
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Quote"Schedule 80 is practically never used underground. What would be the point?

The point would be that the poco where I work will not allow any service lateral under a street or driveway in sch 40, they demand sch 80 for those area's and won't supply power until it is sch 80.

#92740 09/27/05 08:59 PM
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Ah c'mon, he just said sch. 40 "rules" and "utterly". What more do you want? [Linked Image]

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#92741 09/28/05 08:22 PM
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"Schedule 40 is suitable for underground, while it is Schedule 80 that is used more for exposed work, i.e., that is likely to be subject to damage."

Like, for instance, when doing a service upgrade on a house where the driveway is within' 3 ft of the RNC?

#92742 09/28/05 11:56 PM
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"...Shedule 80 is used more for exposed work, i.e., that is likely to be subject to damage."

ShockMe77: "Like, for instance,..."

Like anywhere aboveground, duh. [Linked Image] In our neck of the woods, we run Sch. 40 underground, but where it exits the trench, we switch to Sch. 80, anywhere up to 8' above the ground. This is what the AHJ demands.

And regardless of how our AHJ differs from yours, Tesla, refer to NEC 300.5(D)(1) & (4), NEC 300.50(B), and the 2004 UL WhiteBook. [Linked Image]

So unless the definition of a "bollard, etc." is the same definition i would find for Schedule 80 PVC, I'd had to conclude that Tesla is in violation of the NEC when running Sch.40 where "any pipe is at risk for damage."

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#92743 09/29/05 06:04 AM
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So unless the definition of a "bollard, etc." is the same definition i would find for Schedule 80 PVC, I'd had to conclude that Tesla is in violation of the NEC when running Sch.40 where "any pipe is at risk for damage."

I can not agree with you here.

If the the AHJ feels the bollards prevent the PVC from being exposed to physical damage then the PVC can be Sch. 40.

The 'definition' or determination of exposed to physical damage is entirely up to the inspector / AHJ.

I personally do not like exposed PVC at all and most times that I am forced to use it exposed I use 80. [Linked Image]

Coming up out of the ground I use RMC, RMC is also what the local power companies require when placing a riser on their poles. [Linked Image]


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#92744 09/30/05 05:59 PM
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iwire: I agree with you that it is up to the AHJ to determine what constitutes "likely to be subject to damage." However, once that determination is made, I think (and I say "I think" here because my codebook is not in front of me: the surgery is complete and we have been successfully separated! [Linked Image] ) that 300.5 (D) (1) & (4) mandates use of Schedule 80. Now I could look this up again in an hour and find i have made a complete fool of myself, so we'll see. But i did look it up before my last post, in which i referenced it, so i'm goin with my gut here.

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