Campground electrical

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ironmike1111

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In 2020 we upgraded our electrical in a privately owned campground in Michigan. Each lot is owned by individuals. Should the placement of the power pedestals have fallen under the NEC regulations since was completely updated.
 
I'll say "probably", but there's a whole pile of questions about it...

One meter per lot or only a single meter? Where are the meters? If each lot has a separate meter and it's on that lot, then the feeds are service conductors and have different NEC rules than feeders. Or, if they're all owned by the utility, they have their own rules.
Since the lots are individually owned, there should be easements for the lines crossing them. If the electric system is owned by some sort of co-op/HOA, there could be a single utility meter and feeders spreading out from there; those feeders could also be metered by the co-op/HOA to recoup costs.

All that aside, exactly where you place the pedestals is more of a design issue as long as they're not in a flood zone.
 
The lots and meters are individually owner and my question is do they need to be placed on the driver's side of the of a unit per NEC or can they be placed otherwise at owners discretion
 
Specific questions get specific answers; from the 2017 NEC-

551.77 Recreational Vehicle Site Supply Equipment.
(A) Location. Where provided on back-in sites, the recreational vehicle site electrical supply equipment shall be located on the left (road) side of the parked vehicle, on a line that is 1.5 m to 2.1 m (5 ft to 7 ft) from the left edge (driver’s side of the parked RV) of the stand and shall be located at any point on this line from the rear of the stand to 4.5 m (15 ft) forward of the rear of the stand.

For pull-through sites, the electrical supply equipment shall be permitted to be located at any point along the line that is 1.5 m to 2.1 m (5 ft to 7 ft) from the left edge (driver’s side of the parked RV) from 4.9 m (16 ft) forward of the rear of the stand to the center point between the two roads that gives access to and egress from the pull-through sites.

The left edge (driver’s side of the parked RV) of the stand shall be marked.


You can read the entire code, for free, at nfpa.org.
 
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