Rubber Conduit

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Bubbles

Discussion Starter · Oct 12, 2009

Just curious about what I saw today at an event. Haven't been in the Marina Section yet but can you run rubber conduit to subpanels in a park on the river that floods??? It looks like 3 ungrounded conductors (#4 Cu) and 2 Grounded Conductors (#6Cu) in a 1.5" Rubber conduit (I sqeezed it). On a side note I saw a recent job with GFCI's in tree mulch at a brand new shopping center 1" off ground. Meters 2ft or 8ft off ground, etc... Should I carry tickets to sporting events and drop them on floor when inspector shows up? Please tell...How can these big companies get away with this stuff?? I'm not sure how that park would be classified anyhow. It's 25ft above normal water level but in bad floods it gets covered and there are boats close by but not necessarily a marina area.

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woodchuck2

· #12 · Oct 13, 2009 (Edited)

No way is that panel compliant and is definetly a safety hazard. Its amazing how much hack work is out there that can be spotted on a daily basis.

This is the type of flexable conduit i have been using http://electrical.hardwarestore.com...non-metallic-liquid-tight-conduit-683266.aspx . It works well and uses decent fittings but anything over 6' long as an absolute nightmare to pull through. I have been using this conduit for generators mainly but i also used it on some electrical equipment in a pump house where the was high humidity and a chance of water intrusion.

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