Number of Services

[augie47]

I encountered a different "view point" of 230-2(C) this week that I thought was interesting.
For many years, I had enforced this as: Once you had a service greater than 2000 amps, you could add a second service to the building (same characteristics). A fellow inspector allowed a job with (2) 1200 services on the same building (not grouped). At first I thought it was a violation, but as he said in reading 230-2, it says "where the capacity requirements are in excess of 2000 amps" not a service.
Perhaps I'm the only one who followed the rule differently, but I thought I'd bring it up here since this ol dog learned a new trick.

 

[infinity]

He also could have stated it was acceptable according to 230.2(C)(3).

 

[RB1]

Augie:

Would you feel the same if only one utility transformer was installed?

 

[benaround]

augie47,

You are not the only one with a different point of view, and thanks for

bringing it up.

 

[George Stolz]

Augie, thanks for sharing that. I had always "seen" each service over 2000A too.

You're right, the capacity requirement could be considered the building as a whole, not per service.

That's neat.