There is an old brick church near where I pick up our little girl up from school. No conduit with cable running down the brick to a meter [no box] At the top of the building there are 3 porcelain insulators and below that the power company cable is pig tailed onto the church cable. There is a weather head over that connection but it doesn't appear to be attached to anything. Would it be clamped to the cables? just curious
There are two types of weather heads.
Designed for one use only.... keep the water out of the conduit/cable.
One clamps to the top of the conduit and has a goose neck type setup where the cables roll in.
The other style clamps directly on SER cable.
The clamp is only used to hold the weather head to the cable.... not to suspend the cable.
The cable must be well fastened.
There is a single screw above the head but it's only used to hold the head against the wall.
thanks Pete!
Yrs ago I painted a lot of houses that didn't have any conduit for the elec service but they also didn't have a weather head. What caught my attention first was the round meter fastened to the brick. My eye then followed the cable up to the weather head.
Hi, post some pics, usually the weather head is attached to the building to support the cable , then the utility supply is attached to the building independently of the weather head.
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I'm not usually that far up the line and didn't think to take a pic with my phone when I was. There is no rhyme or reason to the pick up line, I leave the house at the same time and usually get in line 4-5 blocks from the school, that church is 3 blocks from the school.
Looking across the street and 20' up it's hard to tell exactly how the weather head is supported but it doesn't look to have any support. It almost appears like it's just floating above the cable so I assume it's supported by those 3 incoming cables. Those cables are supported by 3 porcelain insulators where it first comes from the pole.
It is not uncommon to see the weather head and the cables just floating off the building.... especially if it had been painted or resided. Typically the electrician will get the call to remount the head and cable after the carpenters leave.
This is a brick church. Looking up from across the street it's a little hard to tell but if it's connected to the building it's not very obvious.
Not sure when the back addition to the church was built. It's unpainted brick, the front half is older brick that's been painted. Since there is no conduit on the addition I assume it's probably 50+ yrs old. The electrical service is on the back addition mounted to the brick.
Got to park close to the church and at a better angle. There is a bar that comes out of the brick and attached to the weather head. I assume there is a plate or something on the other end of that bar securing it to the bldg behind the brick.
Another thing I noticed was the soffit vents. 1"-1.5" round holes every 4'. Haven't seen that in a long while.
Hello:
There is an old, powerful Air-Conditioner in my backroom and we rarely using it because most of time two smaller air-conditioners working really good with less noise.
The Air-conditioner plug which is 'Large Tandem' 120/208V, 30 Amp and we want to converter it to the regular plug for smaller electric household-gadgets.
We know that in order to make it work, we need to seek for a professional help.
However,
Is there a way for 'large Tandem' to change/switch to the regular plug?
Thanks for any help on this would be really appreciated.
So I just moved into this condo built in 1972 (my thought was that ecg was required by this time), but I have what looks to be Type AC cable that includes 1 or 2 hot wires, 1 neutral and no dedicated copper ground. I can't seem to find a bonding strip which is why I'm having a tough time identifying this cable and whether or not it provides sufficient ground for ecg. My understanding is the ground is provided by the metal casing and properly securing to the metal box. When I test the circuit at various boxes, it appears to be properly grounded as I get 120v when measuring the hot (red prong) to the metal box (black prong).
Firstly, I'm trying to understand how I can continue a circuit with this type of wire (see pics). If I want to add another receptacle in the bedroom can I use romex and connect the ground wire to the metal box with the incoming AC connected to the metal box or is this not up to code? All of the AC cable I see available for purchase has a dedicated ground wire (green sheathing) anyway and I can't seem to find the same type installed in my condo with no dedicated ground.
Now, getting to the main thing I'm trying to do. I had old ceiling radiant heat where they basically sandwiched wire between drywall and it is not longer working (very tough system to find the short and repair and frankly not very energy efficient anyway). I am planning to install a forced air wall heater instead (as it's a condo and heat pump is not an option for me) and will use the existing 240v wiring to the thermostat and then continue the circuit to the wall heater about 5 feet away. Can I use Romex for this or do I need to find the same type of AC cable?
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[i]Pic of thermostat box, orange are 2 120v hot lines, red is old radiant heat wiring that will be removed. [/i]
Thanks for the help!
01-25-23, 06:08 AM
