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Location of Disconnects for a House Service

jar546

jar546

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If a house has a 320A Continuous service that feeds to panels, one 200A panel in the basement where the service entrance cables enter and another in an addition which is a new garage with an office in it, is it allowed to have one service with 2 main service disconnects, one in each part of the house/garage?
 
230.72 Grouping of Disconnects.
(A) General. The two to six disconnects as permitted in 230.71 shall be grouped. Each disconnect shall be marked to indicate the load served.
 
There is also this to consider.

230.70(A)(1) Readily Accessible Location. The service disconnecting means shall be installed at a readily accessible location either outside of a building or structure or inside nearest the point of entrance of the service conductors.
 
ICE said:
There is also this to consider.

230.70(A)(1) Readily Accessible Location. The service disconnecting means shall be installed at a readily accessible location either outside of a building or structure or inside nearest the point of entrance of the service conductors.
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Yes but not a factor since they are both inside and readily accessible. There are just illegal because they are not grouped.
 
jar546 said:
Yes but not a factor since they are both inside and readily accessible. There are just illegal because they are not grouped.
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Are they both nearest the point of entrance of the service conductors?
 
ICE said:
Are they both nearest the point of entrance of the service conductors?
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Yes, one is in the basement right where the conduit enters the building from the service and the other one is in the garage where the conduit from the service enters the garage from the outside.

You are bringing up a good point that is very subjective to an inspector. Some inspectors over the years as a general rule always allowed within 5' of where conduit/service cable enters the building. Others are more strict while some are more common sense based on where conduit can be brought into an existing building based on the plumbing/hvac/fuel gas situation. This is a subjective area just like "physical damage"
 
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