What exactly does "service rated" mean? It's not a term I hear a lot; I guess I have always just assumed things like 200A panels and disconnects were "service rated"?
NEC 100.1
Service Equipment. The necessary equipment, usually consisting of a circuit breaker(s) or switch(es) and fuse(s) and their accessories, connected to the load end of service conductors to a building or other structure, or an otherwise designated area, and intended to constiture the main control and cutoff of the supply.
Sounds like if you cable this ATS directly to the meter, it's service equipment, but if you stick a disconnect switch/OCP between the meter and the switch, it's not. Would that save you $200 between materials and labor to stick an extra enclosed breaker in there?
[This message has been edited by SteveFehr (edited 11-09-2006).]
