[RE-wrenches] unfused disconnect before service disconnect

[Dave Tedeyan]

I'm looking to the hive mind here to see if others can weigh in on an issue
I am having with an inspector. Grid tied PV system, with a line side tap in
an automatic transfer switch. There is an outdoor utility required system
disconnect right next to the transfer switch. But there was not enough
physical space to get something that was service rated with overcurrent
protection. So we installed a QO200TR, which is a tiny switch that looks
like a circuit breaker, is rated at 60A, but does not actually have
overcurrent protection. Then just inside the basement is the service
disconnect with the neutral ground bond, etc. The inspector is telling me
to bond the neutral and ground in the outdoor unfused disconnect, and
remove it in the disconnect in the basement.

I am having trouble finding a code reference. Does anyone know of one
showing that the unfused disconnect is not the service point even though it
comes first? Or is this not something that is allowed? We are on NEC 2017
here in NY..
.
Thanks!
-Dave

*Dave Tedeyan, PE*
Senior Engineer | Taitem Engineering, PC

110 South Albany Street | Ithaca, NY 14850
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