(A) Service installation shall be made in accordance with the borough’s requirements for such installations, information on which may be obtained from the proper borough representative.
(B) All interior wiring and electrical equipment shall be installed and maintained by the customer in accordance with the National Electrical Code published by the National Fire Protection Association; the governmental authorities having jurisdiction; and the reasonable requirements of the borough. All new installations shall be inspected by an authorized electrical inspector before the borough connects its service. The borough shall not be responsible for any injury or damage which may result from defects in wiring or devices on the customer’s premises. The borough may, however, without assumption of any liability connect the installation when the customer presents evidence that he or she had made application to the authority having jurisdiction for said inspection. In such case the borough specifically reserves the right to disconnect the service if the said installation on final inspection proves defective, and the customer, after reasonable notice, has failed to rectify same.
(C) In the case of fluorescent mercury vapor lighting, neon signs or any lighting or power equipment having low power factor characteristics, customer shall furnish, install and maintain at his or her own expense power factor corrective equipment which will maintain the power factor of the resultant load on the meter to which the apparatus is connected at not less than 85% lagging.
(D) The customer’s service entrance facilities shall be brought outside the building wall at such height as will conform to the requirements of the National Electrical Code published by the National Fire Protection Association, unless otherwise directed by the borough’s representative. All conductors shall extend beyond the service cap to a distance of not less than 15 inches to facilitate connection to the borough’s service drop wires. In locations subject to mechanical damage, all service entrance conductors shall be enclosed in heavy-wall, rigid conduit for its entire length. Thin-wall metallic tubing is not acceptable for exterior use where exposure to weather may be encountered and its use as a service entrance enclosure shall be prohibited.
(E) The normal facilities of the borough whether transmission, distribution or secondary voltage are by means of overhead open wires and the rates herein established do not contemplate or include underground or overhead cable service or supply.
(F) Customers requiring underground service entrance facilities shall, at their own expense, install and maintain same. Such installations to be enclosed by heavy-wall galvanized conduit in its entirety and to have its location on borough pole approved by the borough’s representative. In cases where economics dictate and in lieu of an overhead service, the borough may choose to provide, at no cost to the customer, all or a portion of the conduit for an underground service. However, the provision by the borough of such conduit shall in no case exceed in value the installed cost of a 100-foot aerial service entrance drop and its accessories.
(G) Electrical conductors used in service entrance facilities to be restricted to copper or copper-coated aluminum.
SERVICE ENTRANCE is defined as that section between the connection point to the utility company drop or run, and the line side of the main entrance switch or interrupting device.
(H) In addition to the electrical service ground rod requirements as specified in the National Electrical code, all electrical services shall also be grounded to the incoming water service line.
(1980 Code, Ch. 8, Part 1, § 55) (Ord. 1008, passed 5-20-1974, § 15; Ord. 1047, passed 12-23-1976; Ord. 1291, passed 5-17-1999, § 1)
Cross-reference:
Adoption of UCC and application of National Electric Code to wiring and electrical equipment, see Ch. 150