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- Location
- Vallejo, CA
- Occupation
- electrical sales
SITUATION: In my area, the AHJ, requires a cutoff panel immediately adjacent to the meter base outside the house. Behind the cutoff panel Inside the garage is MLO panel.
My question is can I substitute the MLO in the garage to a Main breaker panel? Of course, I'll keep the neutral and equipment ground bus kept separate from one another as you do with a MLO (subpanels).
I'm having trouble with 230,70 through 230.82 regarding service disconnects means; because NEC 230.71(A) requires that the service disconnecting means consist of not more than six switches or six circuit breakers mounted in a single enclosure in the SAME LOCATION.
If a main panel was installed in the garage instead of MLO panel, the home owner would have the convenience of turning off the power from both outside and inside.
Sorry for and redundancy.
The million dollar question is: Is it code compliant to have 2 disconnects, one outside the house and the other inside?
Thank you in advance and stay safe everyone!
My question is can I substitute the MLO in the garage to a Main breaker panel? Of course, I'll keep the neutral and equipment ground bus kept separate from one another as you do with a MLO (subpanels).
I'm having trouble with 230,70 through 230.82 regarding service disconnects means; because NEC 230.71(A) requires that the service disconnecting means consist of not more than six switches or six circuit breakers mounted in a single enclosure in the SAME LOCATION.
If a main panel was installed in the garage instead of MLO panel, the home owner would have the convenience of turning off the power from both outside and inside.
Sorry for and redundancy.
The million dollar question is: Is it code compliant to have 2 disconnects, one outside the house and the other inside?
Thank you in advance and stay safe everyone!