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Uses
Uses Permitted for Metallic Wireways: 1. For exposed work. 2. In concealed spaces as permitted in NEC section 376.10. 3. In hazardous (classified) locations as permitted by NEC articles 501, 502, and 504. 4. As extension through walls if the length passing through a wal is unbroken and access to conductors can be maine Uses NOT Permitted for Metallic Wireways: 1. Where subject to severe physical damage. 2. Where subject to severe corrosive environments.
Size of Conductors
Table 1 shows maximum conductor size based on bending space, (UL Standard 870, Table 7.1) Table 1 Wireway size 4"x4" 6"x6" 8"x8" Cross Section (in2) 16 36 64 Max. Cable Size 4/O 500 900
1. Sum of the cross-sectional area of all conductors contained in the wireway at any cross section shall not exceed 20% o interior cross-sectional area of the wireway. See Table 2 for allowable conductor cross-sectional areas. 2. Wireways containing (30) current conductors or less are not subject to adjustment factors. 3. Wireway exceeding (30) current carrying conductors shall be subject to adjustment factors as defined in NEC Article 3 Table 2 Wireway size 4"x4" 6"x6" 8"x8" Allowable Cable Area (in2) 3.2 7.2 12.8
Supports
Horizontal supports shall be supported at each end and at intervals not exceeding 10 feet. Vertical supports shall be supported at intervals not exceeding 15 feet and shall not have more than (1) joint between su
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