Shunt Trip

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Need to find the New Code, If more than on business is already under one roof is a new business required to have a shunt trip that shuts everything in all business under that roof off. Is their a Grandfather clause to existing business
 
There is no such requirement. The only requirement would be that the service disconnects be located adjacent to each other.
 
don_resqcapt19 said:
There is no such requirement. The only requirement would be that the service disconnects be located adjacent to each other.
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Thanks , But The City am in is requiring all new business to have an shunt trip for that business and now saying if under one roof ,their has to be a main trip for the hole complex at one time NEC 2020
 
Like Don said, there is no NEC requirement. Its an admendment to the NEC, that you will have to comply with. Get a copy of your local rules, they can be more important than the NEC.
 
copelandc said:
Thanks, But the City I am in is requiring a shunt trip for all business and if under one roof a main trip for the whole building per NEC 2020 I cant find it
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You can't find it in the NEC because the NEC does not require that. You need to look to your local rules, if they differ from the NEC.
 
copelandc said:
Thanks, But the City I am in is requiring a shunt trip for all business and if under one roof a main trip for the whole building per NEC 2020 I cant find it
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Code article your seeking is..
230.76 Manually or Power Operated
The service disconnecting means for ungrounded service conductors shall consist of one of the following:

(1) A manually operable switch or circuit breaker equipped with a handle or other suitable operating means.

(2) A power-operated switch or circuit breaker, provided the switch or circuit breaker can be opened by hand in the event of power supply failure.

Obviously, the jurisdiction where you are working, having mandated option number (2)

As advised, check the local ordinance.
 
Dell3c said:
Code article your seeking is..
230.76 Manually or Power Operated
The service disconnecting means for ungrounded service conductors shall consist of one of the following:

(1) A manually operable switch or circuit breaker equipped with a handle or other suitable operating means.

(2) A power-operated switch or circuit breaker, provided the switch or circuit breaker can be opened by hand in the event of power supply failure.

Obviously, the jurisdiction where you are working, having mandated option number (2)

As advised, check the local ordinance.
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But nothing there triggers a need for a single device to operate all service disconnects. A building is permitted to have multiple service disconnect.

I read the poster as saying there is a requirement for a single device that will disconnect all power to the building and there is no such requirement in the NEC.
 
And @ the bottom of my posting..

Quote: "Check your local ordinance. "
 
Easy enough to do though, bring all the shuntrip wires back to one point, multiple contact blocks on one operator. As others said, must be a local code, or one of those “because I said so” inspectors.
 
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