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The service outlets shall be no more than 25 feet and no less than 12-1/2 feet from the ground and must be located so as not to be within reach from any porch or stair landing, and shall be located so as to afford direct unobstructed space for stringing the service drops from the service outlet to the electric public service company’s mains.
(1998 Code, § 22-205) (Ord. 15-42, passed 12-16-2015)
(A) The service entrance conduit shall not be smaller than one and one-fourth inches and shall be protected from corrosion by the galvanized process or by schedule 40 polyvinyl chloride (PVC). Steel tubing or EMT will not be permitted for use as service conduit.
(B) The service entrance conduit of residences, apartments and combination residences and commercial or industrial establishments may be run exposed on the outside of the building from the point where the conduit contacts the service drops of the electric public service company to the meter of the electric public service company.
(1998 Code, § 22-206) (Ord. 01-65, passed 1-17-2002; Ord. 15-42, passed 12-16-2015)
(A) All meter loops for the installation of electric meters to measure the service rendered by the electric public service company shall be in meter cabinets furnished by the homeowner or electrical contractor and installed by the owner or his or her agent. The meter loop must be ahead of or on the line side of the main line switches. Each service must have an exterior main disconnect adjacent to meter.
(B) Meters installed to measure the service rendered to residences, apartments and combination residences and commercial or industrial establishments shall be set on the outside of the building at a point not more than six feet and not less than five feet from the ground to the dial of the meter. Closed-in rear or front porches are not considered as outdoor locations.
(C) For convenience of ready access, all meter cabinets shall be located on outside walls of a building nearest the point of service, except in cases where exposure to mechanical injury by vehicle, as in the commercial section, make such location impractical, or by nature of the location of the premises, in which case the location shall be designated by the City Inspector.
(1998 Code, § 22-209) (Ord. 96-21, passed 8-7-1996; Ord. 15-42, passed 12-16-2015)
Where changes or additions are being made to existing electrical installations, necessitating changes or additions to the service entrance or to the service switch or to the meter loop, the service entrance conduit and main line switch and meter loop shall be changed to conform to the provisions of this chapter.
(1998 Code, § 22-210) (Ord. 15-42, passed 12-16-2015)
(A) All grounding for service entrance equipment must be in accordance with the Code adopted in this chapter.
(B) Wiring under houses and in unfurnished basements not over six feet from the ground shall be run in conduit or non-metallic sheathed cable bored through or run along joists or sills.
(1998 Code, § 22-211) Penalty, see § 10.99
Notwithstanding anything in the Code adopted in this chapter or elsewhere in this chapter to the contrary, aluminum conductors shall not be used for interior or exterior wiring.
(1998 Code, § 22-212) (Ord. 01-65, passed 1-17-2002; Ord. 15-42, passed 12-16-2015)