ECN Forum Forums Code Related Discussion NEC & other Code issues power at exterior of remote building, but not supplying building

If the breaker being supplied is part of listed equipment then the circuit supplying it is a branch circuit. If the breaker is field installed the circuit supplying it is a feeder if there is more than one breaker in the field installed assembly. With only one breaker and no provision for additional breakers it could still be a branch circuit.
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Tom Horne

Thanks Tom. So, a field installed fused disconnect installed at a seperate structure would not require a ground rod, but a sub-panel which provided for more than one breaker/disconnect would. Correct?

So one set of conductors to a disconnect is a branch circuit but if you tap a branch circuit to a second disconnect it becomes a feeder? Interesting interpretation.
Is that true if this is just 2 A/C condensers too?
I guess it makes sense, in some twisted way.
I guess driving a rod is not really that big a deal anyway.