Coppersmith
Senior Member
- Location
- Tampa, FL, USA
- Occupation
- Electrical Contractor
A solar contractor I sub for wants to do something I'm not sure is code compliant. Tell me what you think.
House has an underground fed meter on one side of house and main panel on the other side. Cable from meter to panel goes underground in conduit but it might just be a sleeve for a direct bury cable. There is no disco at meter. Solar contractor wants to put in a line side tap near the meter. They are asking that I intercept the cable from the meter to the panel in a j-box where they can tap. Compliant? I'm thinking if I touch this, I need to install a main disco at meter prior to the j-box.
Thoughts?
House has an underground fed meter on one side of house and main panel on the other side. Cable from meter to panel goes underground in conduit but it might just be a sleeve for a direct bury cable. There is no disco at meter. Solar contractor wants to put in a line side tap near the meter. They are asking that I intercept the cable from the meter to the panel in a j-box where they can tap. Compliant? I'm thinking if I touch this, I need to install a main disco at meter prior to the j-box.
Thoughts?