6 Disconnect Rule for 2020 Code

[scnkapc]

Does anyone know if the 6 throw of hands disconnect rule has been changed or deleted in the 2020 code addition.
An electrical inspector in Ohio says we cannot use that rule anymore and that you must now have a single disconnect.
Please provide code article when responding.
Thx

 

[Dsg319]

230.71 Maximum Number of Disconnects.

Three different service configurations. One is a code violation.

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[Dennis Alwon]

Does anyone know if the 6 throw of hands disconnect rule has been changed or deleted in the 2020 code addition.
An electrical inspector in Ohio says we cannot use that rule anymore and that you must now have a single disconnect.
Please provide code article when responding.
Thx

Not quite true but it is true you cannot use the 6 disconnect rule with one enclosure. For instance, if you had a 400 amp service you could have 2- 200 amp main disconnect panels. You could have up to 6 but they must be in separate enclosures.

The idea is to have a main breaker in each enclosure so that the bus bar can be de-energized.

 

[scnkapc]

What about the following:
Article 225 Feeders

225.33 Maximum Number of Disconnects

(A) General. The disconnecting means for each supply permitted by 225.30 shall consist of not more than six switches or six circuit breakers mounted in a single enclosure, in a group of separate enclosures, or in or on a switchboard or switchgear. There shall be no more that six disconnects per supply grouped in any one location.

 

[don_resqcapt19]

What about the following:
Article 225 Feeders

225.33 Maximum Number of Disconnects

(A) General. The disconnecting means for each supply permitted by 225.30 shall consist of not more than six switches or six circuit breakers mounted in a single enclosure, in a group of separate enclosures, or in or on a switchboard or switchgear. There shall be no more that six disconnects per supply grouped in any one location.

Are you asking about a service or a feeder to a second building?

 

[scnkapc]

Yep. Never mind. I was talking about a service and not a feeder.
Thanks Dsg319 and Dennis Alwon for your support and clarification.
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