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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Friends:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">I have ordered a Class 320 Meter/Main/Combo. My vendor informs me there are new codes that apply to these cans, specifically in 230.71(B), cited below:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">(B) Two to Six Service Disconnecting Means. </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Two to six service</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">disconnects shall be permitted for each service permitted by</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">230.2 or for each set of service-entrance conductors permitted</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">by 230.40, Exception No. 1, 3, 4, or 5. The two to six service</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">disconnecting means shall he permitted to consist of a combination</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">of any of the following:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">(1) Separate enclosures with a main service disconnecting</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">means in each enclosure</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">(2) Panelboards with a main service disconnecting means in</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">each panelboard enclosure</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";background:yellow">(3) Switchboard(s) where there is only one service disconnect</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";background:yellow">in each separate vertical section where there are</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";background:yellow">barriers separating each vertical section</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">(4) Service disconnects in switchgear or metering centers</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">where each disconnect is located in a separate compartment</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Here is an analysis, apparently from Siemens:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><img width="661" height="592" id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.png@01DB9F33.5D327D20"></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Apparently there are factory partitions required now and some models have them and some do not. Of course the one I specified, advocated for and that is cheaper does not have the partition. I don’t want to order the wrong one so I am looking for verification I am understanding this correctly.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Have any of you run up against this when ordering these devices or having them approved? </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Thanks in advance for any input!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">William Miller</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Miller Solar</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">17395 Oak Road, Atascadero, CA 93422</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">805-438-5600</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.millersolar.com/">www.millersolar.com</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">CA Lic. 773985</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></body></html>