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At 01:48 PM 1/3/2012, you wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">This is a very common way to
install this conduit, so I really would like to know how this
inspector would route wire from the top of a pole down into a trench
while passing through a concrete footer. </blockquote><br><br>
The instruction was to install the elbow above the footer and run pipe
along the top of the concrete, then LB into the trench. This was
not directly told to me by an inspector, but by a NABCEP certified
installer who said he has been forbidden to run pipe through the concrete
by "building departments". The theory was that the
conduit would weaken the anchor. <br><br>
I've got another pole mount coming up, and wanted to make sure that there
wasn't something I was missing, possibly from the UBC. <br><br>
Thanks to all who helped clear this up. I plan to run the pipe
through the concrete, as always. <br><br>
Drake <br><br>
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<font size=2>Drake
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ATHENS ELECTRIC LLC<br>
OH License
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CO license 3773<br>
NABCEP Certified PV<br>
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