low277 wrote:The diagram of the electrical requirements looks different from what I've seen in the NEC code. Is it a local power utility requirement?
- The diagram I had posted isn't the local service company's code, but one I had on my pc. I thought most codes were the same, but my local company's is always a bit different, I hear. Here's a page out of their guideline pdf file:
- I hope my contractor used the right materials!
- My real concern is three-fold:
- 1) He put the service mast too close to a tree, so the service input line will pass within inches of the trunk. If the tree must go, that's gonna be tough, since the house is now in the way...another $1000+ for the tree guys.
- 2) Now that I looked over the drawing again, there are other differences from the requirements...maybe it'll pass, maybe not. Items 2,6, and 7 haven't been done. Hope I can get him back before Tuesday, to fix them, or I'll have to.
- 3) The guideline book says "all manufactured or mobile homes" must use a free-standing service pole, not a wall-mounted one. We wanted to get away from the pole, after ours rotted and started to fall earlier this year, so we asked if the normal wall mount was OK, in several phone calls to Oncor, describing in explicit terms that we had a "double-wide manufactured home". No one had a problem with that, but the guidelines show several pre-requisites must be met, that we have no paperwork to prove. So, we're at the mercy of the guys from Oncor that come out next Tuesday. On a side note: there are at least three houses (manufactured, mobile homes) much like ours, but years older, located nearby, that have wall-mounted service masts, not poles. And our contractor insists that that rule is only for RV-type mobile homes, never meant to be "rooted" in one location, nor have anything attached to the wall. I'm at the mercy of strangers here, and my time and money are flying fast from my life...I need a break soon, or I'll just give out. If it goes right, it was good luck. If it goes wrong, it's my fault. This has been as bad, or worse, than the job pressures that drove me into retirement, before I had planned.