We are doing renovation on the upstairs of old home. The home is balloon framed. Hoping to do electrical myself to get the new electrical wires up from the basement panel I am hoping to run them through a 2 inch conduit from the basement up inside the the wall cavity to the upstairs. Is that a legal and proper according to the electrical code in Ontario?
NMD cables are not allowed to be run in conduit, nor can they be run vertically without support for long distances.
I am not sure what you mean by "balloon framed".
If you are planning to do the electrical yourself, please know that you MUST have the work inspected. Our code has new updates every 3 years and even licensed contractors must have new code training to know these new rules and abide properly.
It is hard to even start explaining what rules apply to residential and the arc fault circuits as there are so many. Most of what people learn on the internet is wrong and DIY wiring is certainly a huge issue we are repairing for insurance companies and resale of homes.
Why not hire a licensed guy to come in to help and advise at least as it can save a lot of grief in the future.
BTW guys who have taken "online courses" and industrial electricians know little about residential work and their rules.
We have just completed a residential inspection on a home that was reno'd by an industrial electrician and we found over 30 defects and some could have been lethal.
Yes it is legal. Just make sure you run stranded wire through the conduit and not Romex. Also, just to be safe I did this in a build before and ran 4 1" because of the bends needed to make it to the top floor. If it's a straight run while your at it run 2 2" pipes up. Make sure you pull out a home owner permit with ESA and don't over fill you pipes.
As both Robert and Rachelle point out, you can run the wire in the conduit if it is the correct type. The issue is that if you are only using the pipe as chase and not as a conduit assembly, then there are different rules to go by then if you are using it as a conduit assembly .
Regardless of which approach you use, as correctly point out you need to get a hold of the ESA and provide a copy of the Certificate of Inspection to your insurance company.
Cheers
John Kuehnl-Cadwell, CD, ME
Master Electrician
Datawise Solutions Inc
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