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// CODE SNIPPET

E3601.8 Energizing Service Equipment

2012 Virginia Residential Code > 36 Services > E3601 General Services > E3601.8 Energizing Service Equipment
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The building official shall give permission to energize the electrical service equipment of a one- or two-family dwelling unit when all of the following requirements have been approved:

  1. The service wiring and equipment, including the meter socket enclosure, shall be installed and the service wiring terminated.
  2. The grounding electrode system shall be installed and terminated.
  3. At least one receptacle outlet on a ground fault protected circuit shall be installed and the circuit wiring terminated.
  4. Service equipment covers shall be installed.
  5. The building roof covering shall be installed.
  6. Temporary electrical service equipment shall be suitable for wet locations unless the interior is dry and protected from the weather.

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E3601.8 Services, Energizing Service Equipment
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E3606.1 Services, Service Equipment Enclosures
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2015 Virginia Residential Code > 36 Services > E3606 Service Equipment — General > E3606.1 Service Equipment Enclosures
2701.1.2 Electrical, Temporary Connection to Dwelling Units
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2012 Virginia Construction Code (USBC, Part I) > 27 Electrical > 2701 General > 2701.1 Scope > 2701.1.2 Temporary Connection to Dwelling Units
E3609.7 Services, Bonding Other Metal Piping
to the service equipment enclosure, the grounded conductor at the service, the grounding electrode conductor where of sufficient size, or to the one ...
2012 Virginia Residential Code > 36 Services > E3609 Bonding > E3609.7 Bonding Other Metal Piping
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