Re: [RE-wrenches] Gray code area

2008-07-31 Thread Bill Brooks
Drake, They will not let you eliminate the box with the main breaker since the conductors are run through the building. You are back to a load side connection. However, since there are no loads pulled off that conductor to the residential panel before the panel, connecting to the line side of t

Re: [RE-wrenches] Gray code area

2008-07-31 Thread Drake Chamberlin
Bill, That is a great point. As it stands, the box ahead of the residence does contain a main breaker. If we get rid of that breaker and turn it into a lugs only panel, it would satisfy the requirements. I wonder how that would pan out, since the wiring runs through this other building.

Re: [RE-wrenches] Gray code area

2008-07-31 Thread Bill Brooks
Drake, 690.64 relates everything to the service disconnects. All the rest of this is semantics. As long as the PV connection is upstream of the service disconnect (i.e. in between the service disconnect and the service meter), it is considered a line side service connection. If there is no

Re: [RE-wrenches] Gray code area

2008-07-31 Thread Drake Chamberlin
At 03:24 PM 7/30/2008, you wrote: According to the two paragraphs above, the commercial building has two commercial services??? One will receive PV and one will not?? One service is for the commercial building and one is for the residence. There is one service drop to two meters. Both servi