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Install Weatherhead and Create Drip Loop

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How installing a 200 AMP Service looks like in New Jersey for a Resi Home,Prepping the Wire #advice

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What happens here

Install the weatherhead onto the prepared service entrance cable. Weatherheads are typically press-fit and may require careful prying with a screwdriver to open slightly, allowing the cable to slide in. Ensure the weatherhead is oriented correctly to direct water away from the service. Slide all three conductors (two hot, one neutral) through the designated openings in the weatherhead. Once the cable is through, create a 90-degree bend, also known as a 'drip loop,' with the wires before they enter the weatherhead. This ensures any water running down the wires drips off before entering the electrical system. Finally, tighten the clamp on the weatherhead using a screwdriver to secure it firmly to the cable.

Goal: Attach the weatherhead and form a drip loop for water protection.

Tools and materials

  • Screwdriver — Prying open the weatherhead and tightening its clamp
  • Service Entrance Cable — The cable integrated with the weatherhead
  • Weatherhead — Protecting the service entrance cable from weather and directing water away

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off. Now, let's talk about the weather head. Taking a screwdriver and you're going to pry this carefully. It's just press fit right here. Got it? So, this you can do to the side. Now, you're going to slide all three conductors. Yep. Now, just slide it all the way up. Got it. Now, you want to let go of this. You want to put that over top of the clamp. See how it's coming out? Oh, I see. I see. Cuz now the clamp will grab the insulated jacket. And now these guys, one at a time, get folded down. Oh, okay. I see. Okay. All right. Yeah. And now you tighten up that clamp. Got it. I have my flathead. You got to learn to use a bigger screwdriver. And that's why the wire is nice and straight now. So when you put that SCU up, you got it nice and straight. Mhm. And this is what you should be doing as an apprentice every time you do a service. Prep it. Prep it like this. Yeah. You could have

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