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2007年11月26日 · The other end is embedded in concrete of the adjoining slab. The reason for such is, on changing from a water saturated to a dry condition, average concrete will contract approximately 2/3 of an inch per 100 linear feet. This change is also approximately of the same magnitude that a concrete slab undergoes with a 100?F temperature decrease.
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2020年1月24日 · Electrical contractor called for an inspection prior to covering the conduit with concrete and the inspector red tagged it citing section 300.5/table 300.5. When I called the inspector to discuss, Inspector said per his interpretation, the code doesn't allow such a scenario and wants to installed the conduit in the ground under the slab.
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2012年2月24日 · There are a number of requirements including min. 1.5" cover for conduits exposed to earth or weather, and 3/4" cover for concrete not exposed to weather or in contact with the ground. Conduit should not be more than 1/3rd slab thickness. Spaced no closer than 3 diameters on center. This is a building code issue not an electrical code issue.
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2015年9月14日 · No, the top of my conduit is 3-3/4" below the top of the slab, giving me less than the 4" minimum coverage requirement. Originally it was supposed to be a 12" turn down slab ( My conduit is on top of the footing) but the slab height has changed, and therefore the depth of my conduit has also changed.
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2019年2月1日 · The panel, switches, receptacles, etc are flush mount with conduit run through the concrete. Probably 12-15 conduits going down out of the panel bottom, I'm assuming they go into slab and head off in various directions. The plumbers want to cut into slab to re-route drain lines.
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2015年10月5日 · So if pour concrete tight to a penetration like a conduit, then either the penetration has to crush or the concrete has to crack. I think pvc conduit is plenty strong enough to avoid crushing, so it will probably crack the concrete. The upshot is that wrapping the conduit in crushable foam is to protect the concrete, not the conduit. Cheers, Wayne
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2016年6月26日 · doesnt metal conduit need to be grounded? kinda a pita if you use metal between lenghts of PVC, no? i understand the OP's Q, which i myself do not have answer for, but i would immediately be concerned about this conduit layout in a concrete slab, especially the one shown in the pics. i suspect a few saw cuts for relief after crete dries enough (can that even be …
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2015年12月1日 · The particular situation I am looking at is a slab on grade for an outdoor enclosure. I didn't think there were any minimum spacing requirements for a slab on grade but wasn't certain. For slab on grade does the situation change any where there are several large conduits say 4" in a tight penetration window say 20" x 20"?
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2022年12月15日 · When conduits are run in duct bank and then stub up through slab is there any sealing that the electrician has to do around the conduits or the concrete( when poured) is enough of a seal?
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2020年2月13日 · Hello, Curious what the minimum depth of PVC in a concrete slab for a new building would be? Seems 300.5 covers burial requirements under a building, but would wouldn't this technically be "in the building" because it is not under the slab? 352 speaks of 300.5 and 300.50, but the PVC to be...