Conduit "fill" of a pull elbow

[afazz]

I have a 6-50 receptacle adjacent to my panel, shown in the attached picture. It's primarily for a welder (I know NEC allows smaller conductors for welders), but not technically a dedicated outlet. I used 6awg THHN because I had it laying around. Protected with a 50amp breaker.

The two 6awg hots and one 10awg ground doesn't quite feel right in the pull elbow - it's very tight. Is there a specific code that prohibits this? I'm within the fill limits of the 3/4 EMT and the box with the raised cover, but I couldn't find anything limiting the fill of a pull elbow.

 

[Terry D]

The Pull elbow would have the same wire fill requirements as the EMT. You have not exceeded the fill limit, try pulling back on the wire a bit so they are not so tight.

EDIT - Since the EMT is 2 ft. long or less, it may be increased to a 60% fill, but the pulling elbow would still have a maximum 40% fill. It would not change anything with your installation, it still is code compliant.

 

[alfredeneuman]

Is there any reason why you couldn't put the outlets directly under the panels ?