Service Entrance Conductors


Electrical Code

Service Entrance Conductors, Overhead System

The service conductors between the terminals of the service equipment and a point usually outside the building, clear of building walls, where joined by tap or splice to the service drop or overhead service conductors.

Service Entrance Conductors, Underground System

The service conductors between the terminals of the service equipment and the point of connection to the service lateral or underground service conductors.

Informational Note: Where service equipment is located outside the building walls, there may be no service-entrance conductors or they may be entirely outside the building.

(National Electrical Code® 100-1)