On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:16:52 -0500, wrote:

On Mon, 16 Jul 2012 09:13:28 -0700, "bob" wrote:

I had my old hot tub removed.

Now there is an unused 240v power coming out of the garage wall in a
conduit, down a few feet to the ground, then run along the edge of the house
about 15 feet, and end with a cable sticking out the conduit, temporarily
wrapped with electrical tapes.

The power is turned off at the breaker panel, of course.

What is the least amount of work to make this code compliant? Can I cut off
the cable flush with the conduit exit, and then put a conduit cap on it? Do
I have to put something at the end of the cut cables to cover the exposed
copper wires?

Cutting off the wires will make them worthless, and they are not cheap
these days. If you never plan to use them again, remove the wires and
conduit entirely. If there is a chance of needing them again (another
hottub), remove the breaker, tape the wire ends on BOTH ends of the
wires. Better yet, pull the wires out of the conduit and save the wire.
Leave conduit intact and cap the end. Unless the conduit has many
bends, it's not that hard to put the wires back at a later time.
Hard enough that I'd avoid it if possible.