HANDBOOK REQUIREMENTS - Central Maine Power Company
HANDBOOK REQUIREMENTS - Central Maine Power Company
HANDBOOK REQUIREMENTS - Central Maine Power Company
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steel electrical metallic tubing, standardized metal troughs<br />
or<br />
suitable rigid non-metallic conduit as permitted by the NEC.<br />
Metered and unmetered wires shall not be run in the same<br />
conduit, raceway or gutter. Exception: where the meter is pole<br />
mounted and the service is to pole mounted equipment, both sets<br />
of wires may be installed in a single vertical conduit run. Refer to<br />
Illustration No. 6, CATV <strong>Power</strong> Supply Installation, in Section<br />
XII. Coded conductors should always be used for positive<br />
identification.<br />
603. EMERGENCY OR STANDBY POWER<br />
Where a customer makes provisions for or installs an<br />
emergency or standby source of electric service, whether<br />
permanently mounted or portable, which is designed to<br />
energize the normal wiring system at the service entrance, the<br />
customer shall notify the <strong>Company</strong> in advance by calling 1-800-<br />
750-4000 (for Residential) or 1-800-565-3181 (for Commercial &<br />
Industrial). No electrical connection shall be made to the service<br />
entrance conductors or equipment until approved by the <strong>Company</strong>.<br />
All installations must comply with the applicable sections of<br />
the NEC. See NEC Article 700 "Emergency Systems" (legally<br />
required), 701 "Legally Required Standby Systems", or 702<br />
"Optional Standby Systems" (permanent or portable). Exception,<br />
the State of <strong>Maine</strong> amended the 2008 NEC 702.5(B), (2) as<br />
follows:<br />
For optional standby systems that supply single-family<br />
dwellings, the standby source shall not be required to be capable<br />
of supplying the full load that is transferred by the automatic<br />
transfer equipment.<br />
A positive acting, “listed” (by UL or other organization<br />
acceptable to the “authority having jurisdiction”)<br />
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