OH service drops and property lines - Electrician Talk - Professional Electrical Contractors Forum

Xenos · 07-22-2009, 05:45 PM

I work for a local power company and currently our policy is that OH sevice drops from the pole to the weather head should not cross property line. I was told by my electrical inspector that it is in NEC but can't find it. Unfortunatly he recently passed before we could get this settled. Does anyone know if it is in the NEC? I hope my question makes sense.
Thanks for your help.

Chris Kennedy · 07-22-2009, 05:49 PM

To my knowledge not an NEC issue. Have you looked in the NESC?

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Xenos · 07-22-2009, 05:51 PM

That's what I figured, as a power utility we don't follow NEC. Have not checked NESC but will. Thanks

MDShunk · 07-22-2009, 05:52 PM

It's in neither the NEC or the NESC, but without a right-of-way agreement, you can't cross one person's property to serve another. That's just simple property rights. Put in a midspan pole in the public right of way and make a 90, or do a mid span tap out in the street in front of the property you're serving. In alleyways and back easements, this can get tricky sometimes.

480sparky · 07-22-2009, 05:52 PM

Our POCOs don't allow service drops to cross over one property to go to another.

Xenos · 07-22-2009, 05:58 PM

We don't construct that way anymore but sometimes we find old service drops that cross property lines. Our understanding was that they could not and we would move them to midspans but we have been trying to justify why we can't cross property lines. We were told by our electrical inspector it was in NEC but have not been able to find it.

What is a POCO?

Thanks

NolaTigaBait · 07-22-2009, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Xenos

We don't construct that way anymore but sometimes we find old service drops that cross property lines. Our understanding was that they could not and we would move them to midspans but we have been trying to justify why we can't cross property lines. We were told by our electrical inspector it was in NEC but have not been able to find it.

What is a POCO?

Thanks

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te12co2w · 07-22-2009, 07:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xenos

We don't construct that way anymore but sometimes we find old service drops that cross property lines. Our understanding was that they could not and we would move them to midspans but we have been trying to justify why we can't cross property lines. We were told by our electrical inspector it was in NEC but have not been able to find it.

What is a POCO?

Thanks

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