dc-electric
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- Manassas Va USA
Do I need a service disconnect if I come out of the exisiting meter and run PVC 15' on the OUTSIDE of the house and then straight inside to a new panel location?
electrical service disconnect and service entrance cable
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stevebea
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- Southeastern PA
Short answer... no.
texie
Senior Member
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- Fort Collins, Colorado
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- Electrician, Contractor, Inspector
The service disconnect could be in the panel as you describe and be NEC compliant. That said, your AHJ may have a local requirement that the service conductors can't enter the building, even to a panel just inside. Also the PoCo could require the disconnect be adjacent to the meter and outside even though the NEC does not require this. This is an area that is very dependent on the AHJ rules and the PoCo rules. I'm seeing less and less PoCo's that will allow the service disconnect anywhere except at the meter and outside.
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