200a meter cab

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is anyone having a problem coming into the side of a 200a cabinet with 4/0. I was failed for clearance,he said i have to come in the bottom. I said WHAT!!!!!!!! i never heard of such a thing
 
14.5 inch wide loadcenter cabinet and hit the spot adjacent to where AFCI's or GFCI's are installed and you may have a problem. Otherwise there is no one size fits all rule that prohibits entering the side walls of the cabinet - it will depend on what clearances you do have.

Meter cabinet - if it is an underground feed style cabinet - there is usually plenty of width to easily install conductors through side wall. Some narrow meter cabinets designed for overhead feed only could give you some troubles. Those narrow cabinets are nearly non existent in this area as new equipment - not because they aren't made, they just aren't approved by POCO's and/or there just isn't demand for them anyway.
 
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14.5 inch wide loadcenter cabinet and hit the spot adjacent to where AFCI's or GFCI's are installed and you may have a problem. Otherwise there is no one size fits all rule that prohibits entering the side walls of the cabinet - it will depend on what clearances you do have.

Meter cabinet - if it is an underground feed style cabinet - there is usually plenty of width to easily install conductors through side wall. Some narrow meter cabinets designed for overhead feed only could give you some troubles. Those narrow cabinets are nearly non existent in this area as new equipment - not because they aren't made, they just aren't approved by POCO's and/or there just isn't demand for them anyway.
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Right the narrow cabs are not legal here either,but there is an exception in the code 4'' for a 45deg angel layin lug. He is wrong!!!!
 
rippledipple said:
Right the narrow cabs are not legal here either,but there is an exception in the code 4'' for a 45deg angel layin lug. He is wrong!!!!
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So show him your code content and tell him where to stick it, or just say you don't agree, unless he can come up with a local code that will prohibit it.
 
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