You need a bigger box to have 2" pipe enter/leave... there needs to be a minimum of 12" between the two knockouts.It's not making any more of a turn than it would be inside an LB pull elbow. If I wasn't needing to have 14 gage THHN go up while the 1/0 XHWN goes to the side, I'd be using an LH fitting.
The old coot is the one that suggested cutting the larger holes in a 6x6 when I asked him for suggestions because the available boxes don't have knockouts larger than 1".
314.28 reads as follows:You need a bigger box to have 2" pipe enter/leave... there needs to be a minimum of 12" between the two knockouts.
So first of all, we look at the exception for where it is opposite a removable conductor which points to table 312.6(a) where it says that a 1/0 conductor entering the back of the junction box opposite a removable cover requires 3-1/2" space. The 6x6 and 8x8 boxes I'm considering are 4" deep so that requirement is met.314.28 Pull and Junction Boxes and Conduit Bodies.
Boxes and conduit bodies used as pull or junction boxes
shall comply with 314.28(A) through (D).
Exception: Terminal housings supplied with motors shall
comply with the provisions of 430.12.
(A) Minimum Size. For raceways containing conductors
of 4 AWG or larger, and for cables containing conductors of
4 AWG or larger, the minimum dimensions of pull or junction
boxes installed in a raceway or cable run shall comply
with (A)(l) through (A)(3). Where an enclosure dimension
is to be calculated based on the diameter of entering raceways,
the diameter shall be the metric designator (trade
size) expressed in the units of measurement employed.
(1)
Straight Pulls. In straight pulls, the length of the box
shall not be less than eight times the metric designator
(trade size) of the largest raceway.
(2) Angle or U Pulls. Where splices or where angle or U
pulls are made, the distance between each raceway entry
inside the box and the opposite wall of the box shall not be
less than six times the metric designator (trade size) of the
largest raceway in a row. This distance shall be increased
for additional entries by the amount of the sum of the diameters
of all other raceway entries in the same row on the
same wall of the box. Each row shall be calculated individually,
and the single row that provides the maximum
distance shall be used.
Exception: Where a raceway or cable entry is in the wall
of a box or conduit body opposite a removable cover, the
distance from that wall to the cover shall be permitted to
comply with the distance required for one wire per terminal
in Table 312.6(A).
The distance between raceway entries enclosing the
same conductor shall not be less than six times the metric
designator (trade size) of the larger raceway.
When
tran~posing cable size into raceway size in
314.28(A)(l) and (A)(2), the minimum metric designator
(trade size) raceway required for the number and size of
conductors in the cable shall be used.
(3)
Smaller Dimensions. Boxes or conduit bodies of dimensions
less than those required in 314.28(A)(l) and
(A)(2) shall be permitted for installations of combinations
of conductors that are less than the maximum conduit or
tubing fill (of conduits or tubing being used) permitted by
Table 1 of Chapter 9, provided the box or conduit body has
been listed for, and is permanently marked with, the maximum
number and maximum size of conductors permitted.
If you are asking for and receiving help from people, don't act like an ass because I think I can speak for the majority here when I say that we don't give a damn if you are convinced or not. Take the advise or leave it, but just so you know, mine comes with a double your money back guarantee. :laughing:If there's something else I should be aware of, a code citation would be handy for convincing me.
I know THAT feeling well! I see no problem with the way you asked nor the fact you asked at all for code reference. I find it real handy when I can quote code to the inspector when I know he's just giving me a hard time.... and yes, it DOES happen. I had to ask my electrical unspector a simple question.... "how thick is a wall supposed to be?" Kinda stupid, right?I've been a little pissy ever since the inspection
Not that I'm anybody, but you don't speak for me. His question wasn't inappropriate.I think I can speak for the majority here when I say that we don't give a damn if you are convinced or not.