Switchboard Bus Tap

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Let say that the Switchboard comes from the factory with terminal blocks intended to be used as bus taps to power a customer power revenue meter. The meter will be remotely located.

My question is, would the conductors feeding the meter fall under the tap rules in NEC 240.21 (B) Feeder Taps?
 
Ranger86 said:
Let say that the Switchboard comes from the factory with terminal blocks intended to be used as bus taps to power a customer power revenue meter. The meter will be remotely located.

My question is, would the conductors feeding the meter fall under the tap rules in NEC 240.21 (B) Feeder Taps?
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Are these taps on the line side the service disconnecting means?

If they are, they would most likely fall under the utilities authority (POCO)
90.2 (B)(5)(a)
 
Ranger86 said:
Thanks,

What if the taps are on the load side of the main and the meter is for the customer use only (not the POCO).
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If you have service equipment with tap lugs on the load side of the service disconnecting means I am curious as to what they are intended for? Do you have any installation instructions with this equipment.

Otherwise IMO you have to provide overcurrent protection.
 
I am going to install a circuit breaker instead to feed the meter. I don't think the Tap Rules apply in this case.
The switchboard is an 800A, 120/208V, 3ph, 4W and I will use a 3-pole, 20A breaker for the Meter.
I need to go to the site and verify what they actually bought, I am just going by RFI information but sometimes they leave out the important stuff.
I think the meter is being used to log the demand information and there is a separate meter for utility.
 
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