highendtron
Senior Member
Does anyone know where the code refernece is requiring a disconnect when the service entrance cable is further than 10 foot from the metercan to the panel? Thanks.
Main service disconnect
- Thread starter highendtron
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- Chapel Hill, NC
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- Retired Electrical Contractor
The distance may be a local requirement but it is not an NEC requirement.
Look at art. 230.70(A)(1)
- Location
- New Jersey
- Occupation
- Journeyman Electrician
Around here 10' into the building and you'll get a red violation sticker which means you'll either move the panel closer or put the OCPD adjacent to the meter.
RETRAINDAILY
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- PHX, arizona
I see 230.91
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- Logan, Utah
That section deals with the service overcurrent protective device, which usually will be intragral with the service disconnecting means.
230.70(A)(1) is the requirement for the service disconnecting means to be located nearest the point of entrance on the service conductors.
Chris
LarryFine
Master Electrician Electric Contractor Richmond VA
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- Henrico County, VA
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- Electrical Contractor
Remember, you can also place the main disco inside, back-to-back with the meter, and still have the panel elsewhere.
Of course, in most cases, you'd probably put the panel there if a main disconnect could go there. I'm just sayin . . .
jwjrw
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We have 16feet per ahj
jumper
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- 3 Hr 2 Min from Winged Horses
You are lucky, I get pretty much nothing, unless special circumstances are involved. Back to back installs are pretty standard. If I need to go inside I have to go to definitions allowed in 230.6.
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- Logan, Utah
That is quite generous. In my area there is no "official" length that service conductors can run in side a building.
Chris
jwjrw
Senior Member
I looked this one up on our countys web under electrical interpretations
our chief elec inspector approved it
www.charmeck.org
Go to code enforcement and electrical then the interpertations.
Thirst4Knowledge
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- NEW JOISEY fugget about it!
Thats pretty far, it varies by inspector around here but no more than a couple of feet at best. If we need more than two feet we usually disco next to meter or modular set up. I wonder how they base these "town" rules?? I mean why is 16ft ok over there and here its like 2ft?
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