Originally Posted By: Matthew Metzger This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
At the duplex that we live at we have lateral service entrance. Out in the alley we have 2 meters (one for each side), and below the meters each “service equipment” (right?) boxes have a main disconnect. Now when I go inside and open my panel which I guess would be the “load side” (right?) equipment I also have a main disconnect rated at 100 amps. Can someone explain this to me. I thought that the service equipment was usually the first box after the meter and contains the “main disconnect”, does that mean that the next panel on the inside is a “load side” or a subpanel with applied subpanel rules?
Originally Posted By: rmoore This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Mathew…
A "sub-panel", or "main distribution panel" with a remote service disconnect, can have a main breaker. The panel's main breaker, in itself, does not make it service equipment. Any panel "downstream" from the service equipment should still be wired (floating neutral bar) as a sub-panel.
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Originally Posted By: Greg Fretwell This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
If there is no single “main” only the ones for the separate sides of the duplexyou have “grouped disconnects” (up to 6) and they are both/all service equipment.