jerrygar
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- Location
- Keaau, Hawaii
The standard way to feed a dwelling here is to install the service on a meter pole and then run a feeder to the dwelling. Because underground is very expensive here (trenching is $10 foot) we usually run triplex to the dwelling and feeder cable to the distribution panel which has a main breaker.
I have a job on a 1 acre lot that has 2 buildings: a main dwelling and a guest house. I put a 200 amp service with two 100 amp feeders on the meter pole. Triplex feeds to the guest house (the main dwelling has not yet been started) to a weatherhead and transitions to feeder cable to the distribution panel which has a main disconnect.
Because there are two buildings, the inspector is saying I per 225.32 I need a disconnect at the "nearest point of entry" which he interprets to be somewhere outside on the building. (The meter pole is about 200' from this building.)
If this were done in conduit underground from one building to another then then according to the inspector the nearest point of entry becomes the end of the conduit.
I am planning to put a disconnect on the outside, but I would like some clarity on this for future jobs.
Thanks,
Jerry
I have a job on a 1 acre lot that has 2 buildings: a main dwelling and a guest house. I put a 200 amp service with two 100 amp feeders on the meter pole. Triplex feeds to the guest house (the main dwelling has not yet been started) to a weatherhead and transitions to feeder cable to the distribution panel which has a main disconnect.
Because there are two buildings, the inspector is saying I per 225.32 I need a disconnect at the "nearest point of entry" which he interprets to be somewhere outside on the building. (The meter pole is about 200' from this building.)
If this were done in conduit underground from one building to another then then according to the inspector the nearest point of entry becomes the end of the conduit.
I am planning to put a disconnect on the outside, but I would like some clarity on this for future jobs.
Thanks,
Jerry