On Friday, December 25, 2015 at 12:17:37 PM UTC-5, Percival P. Cassidy wrote:


But how common is it for there to be no "main switch," as is the case
with this installation: feed directly from the meter to the bus bars
with no switch or main breaker to enable safer working in the panel?

Perce

Not common at all. It's a code violation, unless there are only 6
breakers in that panel, in which case they can serve as the disconnect.
Are you sure there was no disconnect near the meter?