Duquesne Light  

Mobile Homes - Up To Four Units

An overhead service to a Customer's pole will be provided in accordance with Section 5.2.2, as shown in Figure 9. Underground service may be installed by the Customer to an approved meter and service pedestal in accordance with Section 5.1, 5.3.5 and as shown in Figure 10.

Mobile Homes - Five Or More Units

For new developments of five or more mobile homes the developer shall contact a Company Division Office listed on Pages 3 through 5 for an explanation of Tariff Rule 13.2.

Recreational Vehicles And Floating Buildings

Recreational vehicles, floating buildings and river craft will usually be served by the operators of private or public camps or marinas. However, if one is to be located for permanent residential occupancy, the service installation requirements to a pole, or meter and service pedestal will apply. The Company will not supply an electric service directly connected to a vehicle, floating building or water craft. Temporary service will be provided as in Section 4.2.

Commercial Trailers

Commercial trailers for temporary use will be connected under the provisions of Section 4.2. For service to permanent Commercial Trailers, contact the Division Office.

Meter And Service Pedestal

The meter and service pedestal shall be made of a corrosion resistant material and shall be installed plumb and rigid by a method equivalent to one of the following: See Figure 10.

(a) Setting the pedestal in concrete.

(b) Bolting to the surface of a concrete pad.

(c) Extending the pedestal a minimum distance of two feet below grade and pouring a concrete pad around the pedestal at grade level.

A stabilizer foot of at least 48 square inches attached to the bottom end of the pedestal will greatly aid rigidity. The pedestal shall be mounted so that the top of the meter will be between 3-1/2 and 5 feet above the finished grade. The meter and service pedestal must have prior approval of the Company's Energy Technology Services Department. A list of approved meter and service pedestals, for this application, is available from the Division Offices.

Service-Entrance Capacity

Service-entrance capacity to the point of metering for a mobile home shall be not less than 100 amperes. Mobile homes with permanently installed electric space heating shall be subject to the same conditions as conventional housing under Section 5.6.

When two or more mobile homes without permanently installed electric space heating are to be supplied from a single service connection, the same service-entrance conductor sizing shall apply as for conventional multiple family housing under Section 5.5



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