In choosing a gutter we have a couple of different criterial to meet.
Gutter wire fill.
Of its interior cross sectional area 366 22 a b this is for both sheet metal and nonmetallic gutters figuring the 20 is easy for example.
Go to annex c i believe and get the area of the wire in square inches add it all together and multiply by 5.
And 20 of that is 7 2 sq.
Helps determine the proper wire size for an electrical circuit based on the voltage drop and current carrying capacity of an electrical circuit.
I did not include a grounding conductor to the meter banks.
However field people seldom determine the conductor fill requirements for a surface metal or nonmetallic raceway article 352 a metal or nonmetallic wireway article 362 or the wire space for a cabinet or cutout box article 373.
Not only does there need to be room for wires cable fill there has to be adequate bending space and there is a limit to the number of circuits in any particular cross section.
The gutter solution is made of aluminum and available in many colors.
If you have a 6 x 6 gutter that would have total of 36 sq.
Then square root that answer and you will have the dimension needed.
We are allowed by code to fill a gutter to 20.
If by gutter you are talking about a square duct with a lid on the front you can only fill to 20.
In of space to use.
The gutter solution is simple to install just apply 2 zip screws through the top front bead of the gutter and 2 long sheet metal screws into the fascia board.
A 12 by 12 wireway gutter has 144 square inches note.
Provides quick and easy results for the conduit fill percent per nec guidelines.
25 12 divided by 20 percent fill 125 6 square inches.