Bjenks
Senior Member
- Location
- East Coast of FL
2 years ago we did a design on a residence that is on the beach with the main house being on beams. We were not allowed to put any electrical equipment on the ground, it all had to be elevated. So we put a CT meter out on a stair platform and the service disconnect in the middle of the house in an electrical room (big house). The service comes underground and up to the CT meter and then underneath the residence for about 20 ft (attached by schedule 80) till it come up into the residence directly into the service disconnect panel with a 800A MB. We knew there might be an issue with the service going underneath, but we passed the plan reviewers stage and rough in stage. That inspector is no longer with the county and a new one came in for the final and said we need to put the disconnect out by the meter. This will be a major change order as the steps would have to be rebuilt and the cost of the disconnect.
While the code mentions in 230.7 what is outside the building, it never mentions what is considered inside the building. There is a statement in 230.7 (A)(1) about inside the neared the point of entrance of the service conductors, but that is what we have done. So is there a literal violation of the code or could the AHJ make the call as being unsafe? What about waiting till the final inspection to bring this up?
My other thought is to put a 4" PVC coated Rigid conduit around the 2" PVC schedule 80 underneath the building and inject the space with concrete. This should be cheaper than a disconnect outside.
While the code mentions in 230.7 what is outside the building, it never mentions what is considered inside the building. There is a statement in 230.7 (A)(1) about inside the neared the point of entrance of the service conductors, but that is what we have done. So is there a literal violation of the code or could the AHJ make the call as being unsafe? What about waiting till the final inspection to bring this up?
My other thought is to put a 4" PVC coated Rigid conduit around the 2" PVC schedule 80 underneath the building and inject the space with concrete. This should be cheaper than a disconnect outside.