No Service Disconnect

[tcameron (Thomas Cameron, South Carolina Home Inspector License 49149)]

Hi All,

Found this panel this morning full of debris and rust/corrosion on wiring.

There isn’t a main disconnect breaker for the main service panel. Does the six disconnects rule apply here ?

The panel is a GE TL2020RH if that matters.

This panel feeds a sub panel inside the home.

Thanks
Tom

[rlewis5 (Roy Lewis, CERTIFIED MASTER INSPECTOR RETIRED)]

Looks like it does.

[tcameron (Thomas Cameron, South Carolina Home Inspector License 49149)]

Thanks Roy…

[ccurrins (Christopher Currins, CMI)]

What is the 100 amp breaker for?

[mparks2 (Michael PARKS)]

Which one?

[tcameron (Thomas Cameron, South Carolina Home Inspector License 49149)]

One is for the inside panel, the other for a shed…

[kshepard (Kenton Shepard, CMI)]

That rule always applies but this panel is not in violation of that. Those two 30-amps are handle-tied so 6 hand movements would shut it all down.

[rmayo (Randy Mayo, P.E.)]

Agree with Kenton

[jpope (Jeffrey Pope, CMI, CHI, CPI, ICC)]

Kenton is correct.

@tcameron

There isn’t a main disconnect breaker for the main service panel. Does the six disconnects rule apply here ?

Let me rephrase this for you.

“There isn’t a service disconnect. Does the six-throw rule apply here?”

“Main” and “service” are synonymous, so calling something a main service is redundant.

The only clarification I would make to Kentons post is with the statement of “six hand movements.” It’s a common term, but can be misleading.

The rule is “six or less breakers/switches or sets of breakers/switches.” In theory, that could be one “hand movement.”