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Your AHJ distance from electrical meter to panel
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raider1
Silver Member
We do not have a set distance, it is more on a case by case basis.
Chris
Chris
TimNY
Platinum Member
What is the reasoning for the separation? I don't see any reference to a required separation (looking at 2005 NEC)
steveray
SAWHORSE
Are you refering to the elusive "ten foot Rule"?
Daddy-0-
Moderator
6' here unless run through a disconnect box. we fudge that distance a little on occasion.
fatboy
Administrator
Amended, pushback from the fire guys, back-to-back, meter to panel, or exterior disconnect.
TimNY
Platinum Member
So this wouldn't work?
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fatboy
Administrator
Yes, it's an exterior disconnect.
Yankee
Registered User
With fatboy, back to back or disconnect outside.
TimNY
Platinum Member
is the point to have the disconnect close to the meter? Or to have a certain distance between the meter and the panelboard?Our meter pans have a disconnect in them; you can disconnect or bypass. Would that meet your requirements?
chris kennedy
Sawhorse
Since meter bases are not covered in the NEC, they don't meet the requirements of 230.70.TimNY said:
Yankee
Registered User
I think the point is to have an over-current device at the meter or as close as reasonably possible.TimNY said:
TimNY
Platinum Member
I see 230.70 (2005) and it says exterior or near where they enter the building.
We often see meters a 100 feet from the house. Conductors enter the house and enter the panel that has a main breaker. Unless it's a local amendment I don't see where there is a distance requirement.
I wouldn't think the POCO would have any say after the meter, but of course you gotta do what they say.
We often see meters a 100 feet from the house. Conductors enter the house and enter the panel that has a main breaker. Unless it's a local amendment I don't see where there is a distance requirement.
I wouldn't think the POCO would have any say after the meter, but of course you gotta do what they say.
Yankee
Registered User
There isn't a distance required but it can be covered in other sections such as protection from hazards and req'd over-current devices. Like said below it is an AHJ call on how to rope it in. If the meter is 100' and the conduit is underground one could consider that as being protected if buried properly.
Also see the commentary in the NEC handbook sec. 230.70
10' has always been the rule and a fudge or two, but a home inspector wrote up a home in my AHJ and said it has to be 6' and I asked them for the code section, He's got the buyer upset. Could it be a requirement from another code?
10' has always been the rule and a fudge or two, but a home inspector wrote up a home in my AHJ and said it has to be 6' and I asked them for the code section, He's got the buyer upset. Could it be a requirement from another code?
Yankee
Registered User
HUD and other funding agencies can have their own standards
dbrown
Member
Back to back or outside disconnect required.
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This may be oversimplified, if possible, politely ask the home inspector
to provide a copy of the code section from whence he referenced it.
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This may be oversimplified, if possible, politely ask the home inspector
to provide a copy of the code section from whence he referenced it.
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