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Royce Moore
12-19-2012, 03:21 PM
I could not find an outside electrical main disconnect breaker today just a meter. I opened the inside panel box and this is what i found! Why would anybody do this?

Roland Miller
12-19-2012, 03:37 PM
your pic is very out of focus, but it looks like an FPE panel with a split buss. The top can have 6 throws and that serves as the disconnecting means. There doesn't have to be a main outside unless the locals have modified the codes.:eek:

Jim Port
12-19-2012, 04:52 PM
That was done in a factory. I agree that it looks typical of a split bus panel arrangement. A larger view of the panel would help.

Royce Moore
12-19-2012, 08:12 PM
That was done in a factory. I agree that it looks typical of a split bus panel arrangement. A larger view of the panel would help.

Thanks for the info. I understand it now.