cell antennas equipment building

[hhsting]

Please see attached sketch. I have plans which show building which has main service switchboard basement with 1500A main breaker in basement. One of the main service switchboard feeder breakers feeds Tmobile cell antennas, cell panelboard, cell transformer and its secondary and primary disconnect on penthouse on roof.

The transformer secondary has POCO utility meter in roof penthouse next to secondary breaker. The transformer is cell site owned transformer on penthouse.

Question anyone working on cell site and antenna on building:

1. Normally I see POCO meter next to service equipment in basement feeder breaker load side. Has anyone seen POCO utility meter on roof penthouse while main service switchboard is in basement of the building? Do utilities go even up to penthouse?

2. Normally I see second electric utility service for cell site in building but this one is fed from building main service switchboard feeder breaker. Is their a code that says this is not allowed or its not in compliance?

 

[augie47]

1. Question about the word "utility". Was that from the engineered drawings or you napkin drawing ?
It is more in line with a customer meter where the building management wants to track power usage.
2. Perfectly fine for the cell tower equipment to be fed off the building power.

 

[don_resqcapt19]

I can't imagine a utility would permit the meter on the roof when it could be next to the switchgear. It would be rare that a utility would every permit that much unmetered conductor.

 

[hbiss]

I can't imagine a utility would permit the meter on the roof when it could be next to the switchgear. It would be rare that a utility would every permit that much unmetered conductor.

It's not. It's on a feeder off the building switch gear and meter (not shown).

It is more in line with a customer meter where the building management wants to track power usage.

That's exactly what it is and not provided by the POCO.

-Hal