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Can you identify the Code violation(s) in this photo?
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The orange tubing may be a PVC product which is not allowed in other than mechanical pipe systems in a room.
You cannot run gas lines in an open area in a school, where it is exposed to children...
You cannot use ENT where subject to physical damage.
What ever that piping is gas,water refrigeration it cannot tie up the existing electrical conduit on the wall also it is improperly hung.
I would be more concerned about the code violation of mechanical piping installed over the top of the disconnect on the back wall !!!!!!!!
Good call !!!
My eye says that the piping was resident before the disconect was installed. Shame on the electrical contractor.
It looks like it might be HDPE conduit which is prohibited for use in buildings and exposed according to 353.12 (1) & (2)
This looks like a school where orange ENT is typically used as innerduct for Fiber Optic Network cabling per 800.110. Article 362.30 also requires support every 3 feet.
possible fireproofing issue - where the ENT penetrates the wall
The ENT was probably installed by a data com company that has no idea what NEC is let alone what is written in it. I have seen this type of installation in a lot of places.
Being a British Spark , and therefore not fully knowledgeable the NEC , I would say that the standard of workmanship is very poor , ie, badly installed , not enough fixings , and why did the person that installed the PVC tube tie it on to exsisting conduit ?
I would say a second year apprentice would have done better
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