Location of service disconnecting means
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Re: Location of service disconnecting means
I have a meter/main outdoors, but it is padlocked. I don't want anyone turning it off and burglarizing my home or worse.
In my opinion, the main switch(s) shall be accessible to the occupant, no one else.
I do not live in Florida. I hope no jurisdiction ever requires a power dump switch outside.
[ March 12, 2004, 04:47 PM: Message edited by: bennie ]
I have a meter/main outdoors, but it is padlocked. I don't want anyone turning it off and burglarizing my home or worse.
In my opinion, the main switch(s) shall be accessible to the occupant, no one else.
I do not live in Florida. I hope no jurisdiction ever requires a power dump switch outside.
[ March 12, 2004, 04:47 PM: Message edited by: bennie ]
tonyi
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Re: Location of service disconnecting means
Your local fire company probably has a different opinion about this access
Being able to shutdown a building from the outside has some real safety advantages for the firemen.
If a burglar wanted to shut a place down, why wouldn't they just pull the meter? An inside breaker won't help that much.
Your local fire company probably has a different opinion about this access
Being able to shutdown a building from the outside has some real safety advantages for the firemen.
If a burglar wanted to shut a place down, why wouldn't they just pull the meter? An inside breaker won't help that much.
ryan_618
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Re: Location of service disconnecting means
In Utah they are all outside, except in commercial buildings.
In Utah they are all outside, except in commercial buildings.
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Re: Location of service disconnecting means
There is only one town I know of that still (as of 1985) requires outside disconnect ability for all occupancies.
We would put a shunt trip main breaker inside with a trip button in a Knox box outside.
The the few outside service disconnects around here will be locked on, a padlock will not slow any FD I have seen.
[ March 12, 2004, 09:25 PM: Message edited by: iwire ]
Well what the heck are they doing out there?
I do not know why they would, many FDs call in the POCO to kill services.
There is only one town I know of that still (as of 1985) requires outside disconnect ability for all occupancies.
We would put a shunt trip main breaker inside with a trip button in a Knox box outside.
The the few outside service disconnects around here will be locked on, a padlock will not slow any FD I have seen.
[ March 12, 2004, 09:25 PM: Message edited by: iwire ]
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i have worked in Florida since 1979 and have never found any area that requires a disc.outside.They do have some strange local addendums but this is one I have never heard of.
i have worked in Florida since 1979 and have never found any area that requires a disc.outside.They do have some strange local addendums but this is one I have never heard of.
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