Father believes that you can't have anything you can open, like a junction box, or even an LB between the meter can, and the main OCPD. His thought is, "what if someone opens it up and sticks a fishtape in it? You can't even turn off the line side without pulling the meter, even then, the line side within the meter can is still hot". this is dangerous to people. this is how he sees it.
One comment I have as far as the installation, is that, currently, the pipe is on the outside wall of the building, right until the back of the panel, then goes through the exterior wall with the LB. No conductors within the structure before the OCPD. They will all be outside until the LB, then immediately into the MCP.
As far as I see, there is no difference in safety between the pipe coming up through the footing (as is usually the case here for nicer installs) where a person can put a fishtape straight through the pipe that enters the panel bottom and towards the meter can. the other option, is an LB into the back of the panel. The safety factor seems the same to me.
He doesn't have any better ideas, for an install. He thinks what I have already done is incorrect, and that we can't continue until "someone else tells us how to do it". He wants to have an inspector come bye, and show us what to do. I told him that's not how they work. It's not an inspectors job to tell a person how to do their install. I did call the inspector for his opinion, solely on the LB issue, and hopefully will find out in a day or two.
I am a licencensed residential electrician in WA state. But as a Son, in this instance it doesn't pull as much weight.
Thanks! sorry for the long explanations... Sparkeee24
Last edited by Sparkeee24; 08/16/10 11:19 PM.
