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if I have a pool panel and it has more then 6 breakers in it do I still need a main breaker in the panel or does the breaker in the house sufficient. I am having a hard time locating where it says I need a main outside other then for a service.
 
Where is the pool panel located? I mean, is it located inside a shed or other "building"? If so, then 225.33 would require that there be a means of turning off all power to that building, and 225.34 would require that there be no more than six disconnects. But if the panel is mounted on the outside of the house, then the pool panel will not be the means of turning off power to the house. In that case, you don't need a main breaker in the pool panel.
 
It's located behind a garage free standing. It's actually a Jandy Pool panel which does not have a means to install a main. It has 12 circuits that can be installed in it. I thought that the 6 disconnects apply to services. This isn't a service it's obviously a sub panel.
 
charlieb's reference to 225.33 in Post 2 is basically your guide. With the NEC defeinition of a structure ("That which is built or constructed"), it could easily be viewed as your panel falling under the "6 disconnect rule" and, under the '05 & '08 Codes having to be listed as service equipment (225.36)
(If it is so listed, it might well have provisions for a back-fed main with retaining clip)
 
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You can always put a main in front of that subpanel if you have to. Even 6 breakers doesn't always fly. It depends on the labeling in the panel and the restrictions of suitability for use as Service Equipment (SUSE). Usually, to be SUSE, many panels say "when not more than 6 breakers are installed and not used as a lighting and appliance panelboard. That whole lighting and appliance panelboard definition went away in the 2008 NEC, but it seems to take forever for manufacturers to update the labeling inside their panels. But if you're under 2005, it may still be relevant.
 
A lot of the smaller panels listed as suitable for service equipment say that are only so listed when a single main breaker is installed in the panel.
 
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