Never seen one of those. How about posting a pic of one?
I’ve only ever seen a ‘pullout fuse’ or a ‘circuit breaker’… both of which are either removable or lockout able.
Probably like this. Popular in my area as well.
Can’t see your tiny pic as it’s not zoom-able… BUT… it looks to be a “Fuse Pull” design.
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60 Amp Non-Fusible Metallic AC Disconnect
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Halex-60-Amp-Non-Fusible-Metallic-AC-Disconnect-HNF60R/205785642
Sorry, it’s $13 
Regardless of the “Fuse/No-Fuse” feature… it’s still a “Pull Type” Disconnect which prevents anyone from engaging it without the pullout… which is the purpose of my original reply to your post.
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Does this mean the breaker in question was for the AC? Just wondering because I didn’t specifically see you say that.
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Yes. It was the breaker for the Heat Pump which in Florida is AC 98% of the time.
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So the disconnect is not within sight of the equipment and the inspector wanted a breaker lockout?
That would be my guess also.
Off the top of my head I don’t beleive that a breaker lockout satisfies the disconnecting means requirement for an AC unit.
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It doesn’t but it satisfied the inspector.
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I am with you, Robert. I write it up if the panel is not within sight and there is no disconnect. For me, the CB lockout means nothing until someone corrects me.
If you look at the supplied picture, you can see both the disconnect and the heat pump. If you were squatted down working on the unit’s other side, you wouldn’t be able to see the disconnect.
I was not there during the AHJ inspection, I was only there doing a final build inspection. If the AHJ passed it, who am I ? It works, it doesn’t seem particularly dangerous to me, specially since the guy working on the unit could have the pullout in his pocket if he’s that worried about it.
All I know is what I heard from the builder “The AHJ electrical inspector required it to pass the electric”. Full stop.
It’s a BS device, but if it’s listed…shrug.
I do not care what they pass or do not pass. It’s seldom in my mindset, especially with safety issues. Code is a minimum standard which is not always enforced.
Agreed. Not something I would write up as a safety concern.
Since main panel and this breaker in particular passed the AHJ electrical inspection the day before with that lockout in place, literally as a condition of passing, then I’m not going to get in between that, specially when I don’t see this as a hill to die upon. The builder has master electricians who did the work(or at least their apprentices did), who presumably know the code, you have a AHJ who thinks it’s ok, and then you have me. Yes, I did industrial electric work, so I may be a little more on the ball about electrical than a newbie inspector, but I don’t really see this as something that scares me. I know what scary looks like, this ain’t it. Visit an electrical room in Honduras if you want scary, lol.
If this build was 10 years old? It might make the report as a notation. It might occur to me that the replacement heat pump had maybe been moved around the corner and wasn’t truly in full view.
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You missed my point. Assuming anyone, builder or AHJ or whomever did their job properly can land us in some hot water. In fact, we are hired to render our opinion and to catch their failures.
As I said earlier, I have no problem with the current install, but it has nothing to do with the builder or the AHJ.
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