240.21 B(5)
I want to make sure I have all my ducks in a row. A little background:
Customer is building a new garage on his property. He has a existing service. Power comes from the pole mounted transformer overhead to a pole mounted meter loop. Power is then fed from the bottom of the meter on the load side of a 200 amp breaker through rigid conduit into the ground, and then direct buried to feed the home. pheww. Ok, according to 240.21 B(5) I could tap into the feeder conductors going out the bottom of the meter (Load Side of 200I Breaker) mount a Nema 3R J box, (sizing correctly) tap into conductors and then run conductors sized for a lower ampacity to a main breaker disconnect on the outside wall, or mount a main breaker panel inside at the shortest distance at the garage location. Have I missed anything??? I would like to just change the entire gear, but customer has a few issues about this plan. This solution would prevent the utility company from getting involved, power would be off for a limited time, and no new gear would need to be purchased. It still would be a lot of work. Mounting a box to the utility pole using stand off brackets, supporting the conduit, getting the load side conduit off conductors that are being protected. Anyhow, am I missing any code violations? Also, there is no metal paths between garage and home. I would run a 3 wire feeder and rebond.
I want to make sure I have all my ducks in a row. A little background:
Customer is building a new garage on his property. He has a existing service. Power comes from the pole mounted transformer overhead to a pole mounted meter loop. Power is then fed from the bottom of the meter on the load side of a 200 amp breaker through rigid conduit into the ground, and then direct buried to feed the home. pheww. Ok, according to 240.21 B(5) I could tap into the feeder conductors going out the bottom of the meter (Load Side of 200I Breaker) mount a Nema 3R J box, (sizing correctly) tap into conductors and then run conductors sized for a lower ampacity to a main breaker disconnect on the outside wall, or mount a main breaker panel inside at the shortest distance at the garage location. Have I missed anything??? I would like to just change the entire gear, but customer has a few issues about this plan. This solution would prevent the utility company from getting involved, power would be off for a limited time, and no new gear would need to be purchased. It still would be a lot of work. Mounting a box to the utility pole using stand off brackets, supporting the conduit, getting the load side conduit off conductors that are being protected. Anyhow, am I missing any code violations? Also, there is no metal paths between garage and home. I would run a 3 wire feeder and rebond.
