jaggedben
Senior Member
- Location
- Northern California
- Occupation
- Solar and Energy Storage Installer
Is it a violation of the NEC to run two branch circuits from different meters in the same raceway? The question concerns a multi-unit building where both meters are on the same service. Distribution is separate and both circuits meet at a junction box, then separate again at another junction box. The ground is also combined in the first junction box and separated in the other.
We've had installations pass inspection this way, and then recently one failed with a new inspector in the same district, and it seems the building department has settled on it being not allowed. Which will be a huge pain for us in similar future jobs. I have looked through 230, for starters, and see nothing addressing this.
We've had installations pass inspection this way, and then recently one failed with a new inspector in the same district, and it seems the building department has settled on it being not allowed. Which will be a huge pain for us in similar future jobs. I have looked through 230, for starters, and see nothing addressing this.