approved disconnects [RE-wrenches]

Wed Apr 4 14:50:43 PDT 2001

Bill Brooks wrote at 02:36 PM 4/4/2001:

>I don't believe all of PG&E requires it be lockable in the closed position.
>I just heard people talk about this recently. Personally, I think is wrong
>to make it lockable in the closed position. The reason I believe this is
>because depending on the location of our inverter, the utility disconnect
>can also double as the NEC service disconnect for the inverter. If you allow
>it to be lockable in the closed position, it can no longer perform that
>function and you have to mount two disconnects right next to each
>other--makes no sense. Locking in the closed position should be a customer
>decision.

Just to drag this on a little further, PG&E wanted some place to keep their lock even when they were not servicing the lines in that neighborhood.

Caveat: this situation was 23 months ago.

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