We are going to wire a house where the main panel is mounted on an inside wall that is perpendicular to the outside wall where the meter base is mounted. This will require about 5 feet of service cable from the meter base to the panel. Normally in these circumstances we will mount a breaker enclosure on the outside wall for the primary service disconnecting means, and use a MLO panel inside.
The homeowner does not want the disconnect on the outside of his house & said that we should not have to mount it anyway "since it's only 4 or 5 feet". I say that any conductors that are inside the structure are required to have overcurrent protection, but I cannot find an article in the NEC that clearly addresses this. Can anyone give me a specific citation?
The homeowner does not want the disconnect on the outside of his house & said that we should not have to mount it anyway "since it's only 4 or 5 feet". I say that any conductors that are inside the structure are required to have overcurrent protection, but I cannot find an article in the NEC that clearly addresses this. Can anyone give me a specific citation?