Tried searching, but I've got a bit of a specific case and I couldn't find exactly what I was looking for. For background, my house is located in Baltimore County, Maryland and it was originally constructed in 1973. The meter (comes in underground beneath our driveway) was placed on what was originally an exterior wall, but in 1975 (or thereabout) a 2 car garage addition was added, enclosing the meter within the garage. The panel is in the basement below and on the opposite side of the wall of the meter.
Fast forward to today and I had the original 150A panel to a 200A panel. Baltimore County uses NEC 2020 which requires a service disconnect per 230.85. The panel was upgraded with the required service disconnect on the side of the garage. Today was the inspection and the inspector failed the work as the service conductors(?) (SE?) running through the garage above the ceiling trusses (garage is unfinished) to the service disconnect were too long. The inspector wants the service disconnect at the exterior wall adjacent to the meter, which would be the front of the house. I want to push back because it would be quite an eyesore on the front of the house.
The inspector just stated it had to be on the closest wall or immediately bringing the wires outside and then running them along the front of the garage to the service disconnect on the side. I'm assuming it needs to exit on the adjacent wall due to the language of 230.70 (A)(1) "...readily accessible location either outside of a building or inside nearest point of entrance of the service conductors." From what I've read on here, many jurisdictions limit the amount of SE cable to 3'-5' within a home.
In other posts I've seen people reference 230.6, but as I need a horizontal run none of them seem realistic for my situation, unless I want to tear up my garage slab.
I'm afraid I'm likely out of luck after reading through several sections of the 230 section of Chapter 2 of NEC 2020. I'd appreciate any ideas or help. Thanks!
Fast forward to today and I had the original 150A panel to a 200A panel. Baltimore County uses NEC 2020 which requires a service disconnect per 230.85. The panel was upgraded with the required service disconnect on the side of the garage. Today was the inspection and the inspector failed the work as the service conductors(?) (SE?) running through the garage above the ceiling trusses (garage is unfinished) to the service disconnect were too long. The inspector wants the service disconnect at the exterior wall adjacent to the meter, which would be the front of the house. I want to push back because it would be quite an eyesore on the front of the house.
The inspector just stated it had to be on the closest wall or immediately bringing the wires outside and then running them along the front of the garage to the service disconnect on the side. I'm assuming it needs to exit on the adjacent wall due to the language of 230.70 (A)(1) "...readily accessible location either outside of a building or inside nearest point of entrance of the service conductors." From what I've read on here, many jurisdictions limit the amount of SE cable to 3'-5' within a home.
In other posts I've seen people reference 230.6, but as I need a horizontal run none of them seem realistic for my situation, unless I want to tear up my garage slab.
I'm afraid I'm likely out of luck after reading through several sections of the 230 section of Chapter 2 of NEC 2020. I'd appreciate any ideas or help. Thanks!
