Also, flexible cords & cables can not pass through a wall under any conditions by 400.8. The proper building wire must enter the structure (tthn, thwn. It has to stop at a junction box outside. The flexible cord or cable can't enter the building. Article 368.56 gets involved, too.Ĥ00 (A) 8 is where sewage pumps meet an exception. The only time a flexible cord or cable is allowed as permanent wiring is when it meets an item on the list at 400.7(A) 1-10. NFPA 70 allows it in Article 400.14 (if I remember the section number correctly) only for above ground raceways in industrial establishments where only qualified personnel service the installation (or words to that effect).įlexible cords & cables from 400.4 are considered temporary wiring unless they meet an exception in 400.7(A). Here is the situation that NEC specifically allows it:
#SEPTIC SPLICE BOX IN RISER CODE#
I hope this trick helps you figure out the mystery easily.įrom TwoWax Hack: "The electrical code will allow SJ cord in raceways under some conditions." (Some rental houses also have underground tracers to make your job even easier.) If continuity to earth is present before you ground the wire, it's either shorted to ground or intentionally grounded. If the continuity is present when one end is grounded, but not when the other end is removed from the ground, you found the other wire. Next, remove the ground at the other end & see if the continuity stopped. Go to the wire a the outdoor box and see if it shows continuity to ground. Once you find a suspect wire, ground it to anything grounded nearby. Moisture goes in the conduit, condenses and the cords lay in the water, eventually deteriorating the insulation.ĭo your best to follow them back to the load center or a pull box somewhere. Cord in conduit & underground not a safe plan at all and against NFPA 70 (National Electrical Code).
Your first job, Concepn, is to ensure the dangling cords can not become accidentally energized.įrom the photo, they look like SJ or SO cords, not building wires.
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