Section 408.30834. Maximum number of disconnects.

Rule 834.  Section 230.71(A) of the code is amended to read as follows:

230.71(A). General. The service disconnecting means for each service permitted by section 230.2 of the code, or for each set of service-entrance conductors permitted by section 230.40, exception nos. 1, 3, or 4, of the code, shall consist of not more than 6 switches or sets of circuit breakers, or a combination of not more than 6 switches and sets of circuit breakers, mounted in a single enclosure, in a group of separate enclosures, or in or on a switchboard, or in switchgear. There shall be not more than 6 sets of disconnects per service grouped in any 1 location.

For the purpose of this section, disconnecting means installed as part of listed equipment and used solely for the following, shall not be considered a service disconnecting means:

(1)     Power monitoring equipment.

(2)     Surge-protective device or devices.

(3)     Control circuit of the ground-fault protection system.

(4)     Power-operable service disconnecting means.

History: 2007 AACS; 2009 AACS; 2015 AACS.