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electrofelon

electrofelon

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Location
Cherry Valley NY, Seattle, WA
This is one of those things where the new (stupid) code requirement that service disconnects be in separate enclosures/compartments is going to be at odds with many POCO specs which require hot sequence metering for 6 or fewer disconnects. The only way to comply with the poco and the NEC will be to use individual or multi meter-only equipment nippled to separate service disconnects. Going to look like garbage and be a hassle to hook up when you have 6 meters.
 
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wwhitney

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Location
Berkeley, CA
Occupation
Retired
electrofelon said:
The only way to comply with the poco and the NEC will be to . . .
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Do you mean only way to comply with equipment currently commercially available? Because there's no reason the 6 meter center shown in the OP couldn't be redesigned by the manufacturer so that the vertical space occupied by the column of 3 breakers is split into 3 compartments, each with a separate cover.

Cheers, Wayne
 
electrofelon

electrofelon

Senior Member
Location
Cherry Valley NY, Seattle, WA
wwhitney said:
Do you mean only way to comply with equipment currently commercially available? Because there's no reason the 6 meter center shown in the OP couldn't be redesigned by the manufacturer so that the vertical space occupied by the column of 3 breakers is split into 3 compartments, each with a separate cover.

Cheers, Wayne
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In a previous thread, @don_resqcapt19 said "It is my understanding that there are no plans for any of the manufacturers to produce such equipment."
 
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lordofthisworld

Senior Member
Location
Massachusetts
Those 7 breakers serve as the disconnecting means for each sub panel serving each unit, would that fall under the 6 switches rule for 230-71? What I see, the tub on the far left of the picture is what feeds those (2) sets of 3 meter stacks and the single one on the far right. The feeders seem they are not pulled yet, coming from the two pipes under that cabinet. So the breaker that feeds this meter bank is the service disconnect. Just a question.
 
electrofelon

electrofelon

Senior Member
Location
Cherry Valley NY, Seattle, WA
lordofthisworld said:
Those 7 breakers serve as the disconnecting means for each sub panel serving each unit, would that fall under the 6 switches rule for 230-71? What I see, the tub on the far left of the picture is what feeds those (2) sets of 3 meter stacks and the single one on the far right. The feeders seem they are not pulled yet, coming from the two pipes under that cabinet. So the breaker that feeds this meter bank is the service disconnect. Just a question.
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There does not appear to be a breaker ahead of the meter bank. The disconnects in the meter center ARE the service disconnects.
 
roger

roger

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Staff member
Location
Fl
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Retired Electrician
As stated earlier, the cabinet on the left is just a terminal cabinet, there will not be a breaker
 
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jaggedben

Senior Member
Location
Northern California
Occupation
Solar and Energy Storage Installer
Does the bussing in the back connect to the 7th meter on right through the sides of the enclosures? They are manufactured to be assembled that way? I'm not that familiar with this type of equipment.
 
LarryFine

LarryFine

Master Electrician Electric Contractor Richmond VA
Location
Henrico County, VA
Occupation
Electrical Contractor
jaggedben said:
Does the bussing in the back connect to the 7th meter on right through the sides of the enclosures? They are manufactured to be assembled that way? I'm not that familiar with this type of equipment.
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Yes. Look closely at the left end. There is a cover over the bus ends.

More sections can be added in either direction.

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