[RE-wrenches] Supply Side Interconnection - CT Cabinet

Drake drake.chamberlin at redwoodalliance.org
Thu Jul 10 13:55:48 PDT 2014


I'm not sure I'm seeing where the wires are 
running, but it looks like it could be a ground fault detection arrangement.

At 04:39 PM 7/10/2014, you wrote:
>Wrenches,
>
>One of our customers has a utility meter CT 
>cabinet ahead of his main disconnect - please see attached image.
>
>I have never seen this arrangement and would be 
>interested if anyone can explain why the 
>conductors are run in this fashion: I assume the 
>insulated taps are for voltage reference 
>purposes or to power the meter? I also assume 
>the large donut is the CT? Are the conductors 
>run criss-crossed due to they're being 180 out of phase?
>
>We are more particularly interested in the 
>correct location to make a supply side 
>interconnection in order to ensure that all PV 
>energy is properly metered (our utility installs 
>net meters in place of the customer's original 
>meter). Assuming that our AHJ approves of an 
>interconnection inside the CT cabinet, where 
>would we splice into the service conductors: load side of the CT?
>
>--
>Corey Shalanski
>Joule Energy
>New Orleans, LA
>[]
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