I know form the electrical inspection course it should take no more then 6 hand movements to completely shut off all power to the house. If i have the main shut off inside my service panel and i have 16 throws?
Not completely understanding this question John, but if you have a main disconnect in your panel, it will shut off all power to the other breakers in that panel. So you don’t have to turn off all the breakers and the main disconnect.
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Yes, my question was asking if the main disconnect is inside, could i have more then 6 throws (breakes)
No.
See if this makes more sense:
“The “rule of six” refers to how many breakers or throws it takes to disconnect a building from the electrical supply , so if you have more than six breakers in a box at your service entrance there needs to be a disconnect upstream of it, either in the panel or upstream.”
So the main disconnect in the panel is “upstream” as is a main disconnect located at the meter box.
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The 6 throw rule is mainly for split-bus panels.
If you have a “main” breaker in your panel that shuts off all the power with one throw, you’re doing the equivilent of what 6 throws would do in a split bus panel.
The rule is no more than 6 throws is allowed to shut off all power.
Here’s a picture of a split bus panel.
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If you have a main it will turn off all of the power with a single throw.
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