A heat gun is one method. A torch can also be used. You have to heat a big area in order to prevent kinking, and don't dwell too long in one place or you will burn the conduit. You may be able to rent a pipe heat box from a tool rental place.
Two 45's = an offset.Are such conduit offsets available?
S Cal. Concrete slab and very visible location on front corner of house.....
Best advice. I put my Meter with 200A breaker on the front corner of my house and the main CB panel about 4" away on the side of the house.………… Or maybe relocate the panel to a less obtrusive location?
I was going to suggest a meter main with inside panel but you sounded like you were stuck with flush outside. I don't know of any meter mains that also have a breaker panel that is accessed from inside. You can have the meter main outside and flush then a 4 wire feeder to an inside main lug panel if that works. No you do not have to use conduit unless local codes require it....I wouldn't think so. SER cable should be fine from the main breaker outside to the panel inside. You need to check with the poco and local codes if they allow this set-up and what meter mains they allow/approve. I would think it would be fine. You can look at the milbank meter sockets web site for examples of meter mains. Or find out what meters your poco uses...there is usually a list of compliant companies they accept if it matters to them..Surface mount is not acceptable. This is an 'L' shaped house with the garage in the front. The meter location is on the garage wall, which you pass on the way to the front door. It has to be flush or semi-flush.
Moving the meter would make for a much bigger digging job, and require a lot of rewiring. I do like the idea of a separate meter main with the load panel on the inside wall of the garage. A perfect solution would be a single flush or semi-flush combo box with a meter main on the outside wall, and load breakers accessed from the inside wall. Does such a thing exist?
If they end up being two separate boxes, do they have to be joined by conduit?
I was told that creating a custom bend in conduit is not that hard to do. I think I will do some digging first to see how much conduit is exposed and how difficult it would be to notch the slab.
Who says? It's purely aesthetic. If my meter had to be passed to get to my front door I would MOVE it. No one said this would be easy. You can do what you want. Good luck finding a NEMA 3R meter main that can be be flush mounted.Surface mount is not acceptable. This is an 'L' shaped house with the garage in the front. The meter location is on the garage wall, which you pass on the way to the front door. It has to be flush or semi-flush.
Never used one, don't know if it'll work for you:Moving the meter would make for a much bigger digging job, and require a lot of rewiring. I do like the idea of a separate meter main with the load panel on the inside wall of the garage. A perfect solution would be a single flush or semi-flush combo box with a meter main on the outside wall, and load breakers accessed from the inside wall. Does such a thing exist?
Both of these are code violations. 352.24 says "Field bends shall be made only with bending equipment identified for the purpose."A heat gun is one method. A torch can also be used. You have to heat a big area in order to prevent kinking, and don't dwell too long in one place or you will burn the conduit. You may be able to rent a pipe heat box from a tool rental place.
Yeah, 'cause the heat from the blanket or hot box is some how different than the heat from a heat gun.:laughing:.Both of these are code violations. 352.24 says "Field bends shall be made only with bending equipment identified for the purpose."
You need to use a heat blanket, hot box or other identified equipment.
Mark
I can't say I've never used a heat gun for offsets in small pipe, but it is a violation. Certainly using a torch is a bad idea.Yeah, 'cause the heat from the blanket or hot box is some how different than the heat from a heat gun.:laughing:.
It requires finesse, for sure. It's pretty low on my list of violations to be concerned about. Right up there with re-coloring a wire smaller than #4.I can't say I've never used a heat gun for offsets in small pipe, but it is a violation. Certainly using a torch is a bad idea.