This weeks column is an observation from doing inspections. During the last couple of months when performing underground inspections the most noted violation was 300.5(D)(3) identifying and marking the underground installation. This is not a Code change for 2011 this section was introduced 1999 and should not be on an inspectors hit list of common violated sections, but it is. I think the confusion comes from the fact that most electricians feel that as an inspector, I don’t have jurisdiction over what FPL or Lake Worth utilities brings into a meter. This section 300.5(D)(3) addresses the conductors that come from the utility to the meter can and if they are installed underground then this section does apply.
Till next time
Work safe be safe
Jake
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