Breaker box located away from power line

[deezel]

I'am putting the electric in a newly framed house on an Island in Maine. I plan on having the breaker box by the front door, but the power has to come to the house on the other side. According to a contractor friend in Chicago where I live you can put a disconnect on the outside of the house after the meter where the power comes in and then run a certain distance to a breaker panel located in a different location. If I understand it correctly, the jist of it is that as long as there is a disconnect that is accessable where the power comes to the house it's OK to put the breaker box in a seperate location. Do you know if the same is true in Maine? or what distance you can run after the disconnect to the breaker panel?

 

[bennie]

Re: Breaker box located away from power line

Does the proximity to the ocean cause a lot of corrosion?
The Main switch can be inside the house. The only limitation on a feeder after the main is; size of building, and (eye are square drop)

 

[deezel]

Re: Breaker box located away from power line

Yes, it is right next to the ocean so corrosion could be a concern.
The house is very small so the feeder would run approx 25 to 30 feet.