On Tue, 1 Jul 2003 19:14:58 +0000 (UTC), Andrew Barss
wrote:

I'm in a dispute with an electrician, who wired my house with an
underground feed. After signing a contract in which he promised to do all
work, and supply all parts, to refeed the existing house from a new
building, he imposed an additional charge of $350 for an "underground pull
box", which is basically a 15" x 24" cement rectangle with a plastic lid.
The pull box had to be installed, according to the city, because there
were too many 45- and 90-degree turns in the wire run to do it in one
single pull.

Does anyone know whether this is mandated by the NEC? It would make
resolution of the dispute easier if so.

Check the code directly for the number of turns between pull boxes, it
is specified. But if the city requires it, even if NEC doesn't,
that's the rule you have to meet.

Jeff