I guess it would be OK if you located the service disconnecting means at the top of the riser. :grin:
Now that would be interesting. :grin:
Now to be a royal pain in the behind, I submit the position that the referenced Code Section refers to the
Disconnecting Means, and not necessarily the riser or the conductors within per se.
The main argument to support the issue is whether or not the conductors contained within the riser are considered as "within the building" by being in an exterior wall cavity. :grin:
Looking at my 1999 NEC (latest book I have on hand right now) Sec. 230-6 defines the conditions which make the conductors defined as "outside the Building" which includes the following:
(2) "Where installed within a building or other structure in a raceway that is encased in concrete
or brick not less than 2 in. (50.8mm) thick."
So unless the raceway is encased in concrete or brick not less than 2" thick then it would be considered as "inside the building." Reasonable enough.
But here's the kicker: After reading the entire Section for services 600v nominal or less, nowhere in that Section 230
is a prohibition of Service Conductors inside the building.
In fact , Section 230-52 says the following: "Where individual open conductors
enter a building or other structure, they shall enter through roof bushings or through the wall in an upward slant through individual, noncombustible, non absorbent insulating tubes. Drip loops shall be formed on the conductors before they enter the tubes."
Again, this is from the 1999 book I have right now, and I concede that there is perhaps another Section that spells out the prohibition or that later Code cycles did indeed change that Section.
So next reference please. :grin: