• Code Quiz: Disconnecting Means for Outside Feeders and Branch Circuits

    NEC rules for installing a disconnecting means for outside feeders and branch circuits
    June 12, 2014

    When installing disconnecting means for outside feeders and branch circuits, if the disconnecting means installed in accordance with Sec. 225.32 of the 2014 NEC is not readily accessible, it shall be _________.

    A. wet location rated.

    B. operated by a mechanical linkage from a readily accessible point.

    C. permitted to be electrically operated by a readily accessible, remote-control device in a separate building or structure in a multi-building industrial installation under single management.

    D. either B or C above.

    Find the Answer

    Answer: D

    When installing disconnecting means for outside feeders and branch circuits, if the disconnecting means installed in accordance with 225.32 is not readily accessible, it shall be operated by a mechanical linkage from a readily accessible point, or permitted to be electrically operated by a readily accessible, remote-control device in a separate building or structure in a multi-building industrial installation under single management [See Sec. 225.52(A)].

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