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Under ground service to weather head or service head.

We do have service entry cable...direct burial. It requires protection installed in the trench. Armored cable requires no protection if buried below 24". I chose armored cable thinking it would save time not having to add protection.....I now wish I would have just used the regular SE cable...
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- Post #8
- Oct 6, 2019
- Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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Under ground service to weather head or service head.

I was told I cant run conduit with armoured cable because the armour has to be bonded at both ends......and a ground bushing at the meter base. I'm not sure how the armour will be bonded going into a plastic service head.....but that is what they want! I was curious if a threaded plastic...
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- Post #6
- Oct 5, 2019
- Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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Under ground service to weather head or service head.

Service head.....the part the wires come out before they are hooked to the towns line.
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- Post #3
- Oct 4, 2019
- Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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Under ground service to weather head or service head.

What is common practice when hooking Armoured cable to a weather head. Do I need a aluminum weather head or is a threaded PVC one ok? Do I use a weather head with threads so my teck connector can screw straight in.....do I need ground bushings at both ends? Any advice is appreciated. Thanks,
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- Thread
- Oct 4, 2019
- armoured cable canada common doing ground service service head under underground weather
- Replies: 8
- Forum: UK Electrical Forum

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