On 7/9/2010 12:27 PM, RBM wrote:
"Wayne wrote in message
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On 2010-07-09, Steve wrote:

And it's all the same building. Actually, the panels are only about
8 feet apart, but in different rooms.

gfretwell is exactly right about the need for the disconnects to be
grouped, I missed that. Whoever installed the second panel installed
a violation which should be fixed. So the second panel should be
converted to a subpanel of the first main panel, which would require a
4-wire feeder from the first main panel. Hopefully it wouldn't be too
hard to do since it is only 8 feet away.

Cheers, Wayne

Those disconnects on the house are not service disconnects. The only service
disconnect is on the Pole.
At least by current code it should be done as John Grabowski describes. The
ground rods should be installed at the pole and attached to the service
disconnect. Four wires should be run from the disconnect to the sub panels
at the house.



there is never 4 wires from the pole to the house in these setups.

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