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On a agricultural well and pivot service does the NEC state that inspection is required after the service disconnect is installed and wired?
 
Mike Cox608 said:
On a agricultural well and pivot service does the NEC state that inspection is required after the service disconnect is installed and wired?
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Nope.

The NEC never requires any inspections, licenses, permits, inspectors or AHJs.

All those issues are decided on a local level.
 
Maybe I didn't phrase the question correctly, the local power company requires a non fused disconnect before the meterbase and a fusible disconnect after the meterbase. The local inspector said that the NEC requires that all equipment be connected to the fusible disconnect before power can be applied to the service is he correct in this statement or, once the service is built and wired to the line side of the fusible disconnect should this be considered a complete service and power applied?
 
Mike Cox608 said:
Maybe I didn't phrase the question correctly, the local power company requires a non fused disconnect before the meterbase and a fusible disconnect after the meterbase. The local inspector said that the NEC requires that all equipment be connected to the fusible disconnect before power can be applied to the service is he correct in this statement or, once the service is built and wired to the line side of the fusible disconnect should this be considered a complete service and power applied?
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The NEC doesn't address such items as iwire said. The POCO will typically wait until the AHJ (inspector) signs off on the job before power is granted.
 
The inspector is probably within his authority by wanting to see all connections before signing off on the project. I set an outdoor panel on a post for a home remodel. The idea was to pull circ. from the home to the temp panel to keep home going while old service was removed for demo of the wall it was on. Inspector failed me because he could see no load that it served. I went back and added a GFCI recp. on the pole like a temp. service pole and he passed it with no questions.
 
JohnJ0906 said:
Yes, but why not separate inspections, one for the service, and one for the equipment.
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His thinking may be that after the service is connected what's to stop someone from not calling for the second inspection after power is connected to the service. I am not saying Mike would do any thing wrong but the inspector may have been burned in the past. Or the location may be remote and he wants to kill one bird with one stone.
 
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