Drinking the Nokia cool-aid eh?    Fiber or LTE?

Mark

> On Feb 16, 2026, at 11:45 AM, Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote:
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> If the AC and DC wiring are kept compartmentalized, then I think that's true. 
> The AC power components are kept physically separated, so when you open the 
> machine for maintenance you have to open some separate compartment or open 
> another box to get into the AC stuff.  It's like that in appliances, 
> computers, and most machines. 
> 
> I guess someone at Nokia must have looked at this and decided it was all ok, 
> but I don't like it.  If I cobbled it together myself, it would have come out 
> better than this. 
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> From: AF <[email protected]> on behalf of Chuck <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2026 9:51 PM
> To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] THHN in Wire loom
> 
> As a manufactured “appliance” I don’t think the NEC applies to anything 
> inside the box.
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Feb 13, 2026, at 4:52 PM, Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
> This post is part question and part whining.
> 
> Yesterday I got a look at a manufactured network enclosure from a fairly 
> large company.  They have a load center built in, and the feeds to the 
> rectifier are THHN in wire loom.  They bring that into the load center with 
> NM box connectors.  
> 
> I want to believe that they wouldn't sell something to us for $30,000 that 
> wasn't up to electrical code, but 
> I have never seen that done before, and neither has our electrician
> It doesn't make me feel like I got $30,000 worth
> 
> Does anyone know if this is actually square with the NEC?
> 
> Even if it's legally ok, how does it make any sense?
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> 
> Weird thing #2:
> 
> The installation guide says to bring our incoming utility power through the 
> knockout shown here under the load center.  The one next to it with the 
> rubber passthrough is for a ground to the equipment MGB.  It's a ¾ knockout, 
> and I added a picture of the bottom side to show that it's not one of the 
> expandable ones.  The main breaker in the load center is 100A. Normally you'd 
> want a 1-1/4 knockout for a 100A service.  I struggled to think of some 
> creative way to get 100A through a ¾ conduit and still be compliant, but I 
> got nothing.  I think we'll have to remove the factory breaker and install a 
> 50A.  It's either that or bore a 1.7" dia hole somewhere, and while I do 
> enjoy cutting up metal I don't think I should have to.
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