Disconnect required?

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nizak

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Is a Main disconnect needed for a 6 space MLO panel in a detached residential garage fed from the house?

Brain fart…..
 
AC\DC said:
No, and actually it doesn’t even matter if you put a 42 space in as long as you don’t have more than six throws you’re good. I’ve argued that before.
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Wouldn’t that make it awful easy for the the homeowner whoever else that doesn’t know any better to load the panel up more than 6 throws?

I know it’s code complaint install at the time.
 
letgomywago said:
It couldn't be a service disconnect unless your AHJ has amended out the shared compartment rule for service disconnects.

Cost wise you enter the land of why bother skipping it unless you're over 200a of load.
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There was nothing in this thread about a service disconnect. This thread is about a MLO panel in a detached residential garage.
 
AC\DC said:
What’s that code reference
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B) Two to Six Service Disconnecting Means.

Two to six service disconnects shall be permitted for each service permitted by 230.2 or for each set of service-entrance conductors permitted by 230.40, Exception No. 1, 3, 4, or 5. The two to six service disconnecting means shall be permitted to consist of a combination of any of the following:

(1)
Separate enclosures with a main service disconnecting means in each enclosure
(2)
Panelboards with a main service disconnecting means in each panelboard enclosure
(3)
Switchboard(s) where there is only one service disconnect in each separate vertical section with barriers provided between each vertical section to maintain the inadvertent contact protection required in 230.62 based on access from the adjacent section(s)
(4)
Service disconnects in switchgear, transfer switches, or metering centers where each disconnect is located in a separate compartment
(5)
Metering centers with a main service disconnecting means in each metering center
(6)
Motor control center(s) where there is only one service disconnect in a motor control center unit and a maximum of two service disconnects provided in a single motor control center with barriers provided between each motor control center unit or compartment containing a service disconnect to maintain the inadvertent contact protection required in 230.62 based on access from adjacent motor control center unit(s) or compartment(s)


Exception to (2), (3), (4), (5), and (6):
Existing service equipment, installed in compliance with previous editions of this Code that permitted multiple service disconnecting means in a single enclosure, section, or compartment, shall be permitted to contain a maximum of six service disconnecting means.
 
Ewwwwww- unless it’s a maine coon then I can understand- I want something that can scare someone- I don’t have little dogs I got big dogs-

If I could have a Bob cat than I would like them

One of my moms cat scratched my kid tonight kick it across the room- 8 left
 
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