[RE-wrenches] Best elevated ground mount

[Bill Turberville]

Unistrut's  catalog shows it used as a raceway, and even has a closure
strip for it.  For instance, unistrut used to support light fixtures, with
the strut as the raceway between fixtures.

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On Dec 22, 2012, at 8:35 PM, jay peltz <jay at asis.com> wrote:

Hi James,

So interesting as the Unistrut isn't listed for this use, but works great
of course.

However I've heard of AHJ's not accepting it, as its not listed for it.

Thats why I was curious to hear from Mark what the AHJ needed to see to
understand what he wouldn't accept.

Happy Holidays,

jay

Peltz Power
On Dec 22, 2012, at 3:23 PM, James Reismiller wrote:

Hi Folks,
   Responding to the best way to protect wires on a Multi-Pole Mount, we
used galvanized 7/8” Unistrut attached to the bottom side of rack
horizontally and top module to bottom module vertically for series
connections between modules.  The horizontal strut had the side benefit of
keeping each column aligned with the next as there was now a physical
connection between columns.  Our AHJ liked it, although it was above 8’, so
was not technically required.  I agree that racking makers could do a
better job on this wire protection issue.

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