ok Renosteinke,
i guess i'd say a 'sleeve' in our trade is used to protect a conductor, or be something that is arranged beforehand (like your driveway point) to accomodate one
now anytime a definitional roadblock occurs in the nec, we usually turn to Noah Webster and/or associates for help.
We can note through use of this (yet again) living document of revolving vernacular that indeed the definitions of sleeve and raceway are different
therefore, a raceway cannot be a sleeve, and a sleeve cannot be a raceway.
we can aleady conclude that the nec has already gone to this extent
To further the pursuit of definitional correctness (because the entire debate hinges on it) would be to ask what sort of material(s) constitue a 'sleeve'
as there exists no whitebook or other standard for sleeve, i'm of the opion it's up to the ahj, correct?
~S~
