Overhead service conductors or service equipment can be supported to hardwood trees.

• A. True
• B. False
• C. Only with approval
• D. Never

Answer: (B)

Service conductors and service equipment must be supported by approved, fixed structures designed for electrical support (such as utility poles or building-mounted supports). Hardwood trees are living, movable, and can grow, sag, or decay, which makes them an unreliable and unsafe support for essential electrical equipment. The NEC requires stable, maintainable support, and trees do not meet that requirement, so attaching or supporting conductors to trees is not allowed.