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    May 19, 2011, 04:58 PM
    Wiring an Outbuilding Shutoff Switch
    Since it is so far from the subpanel breaker, my building inspector wants me to install a shutoff switch that will turn off the entire barn. Do I still just tie the white wires together? Many thanks for your help!
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    May 19, 2011, 05:15 PM
    Is this a single circuit? The neutral isn't supposed to be broken, just the hot leg(s).
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    May 19, 2011, 07:15 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by ncgal101 View Post
    Since it is so far from the subpanel breaker, my building inspector wants me to install a shutoff switch.............
    Just for reference, it has nothing to do with the distance. It has to do with the fact that a detached structure such as this that has a sub-panel requires some form of service disconnect.
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    May 19, 2011, 07:19 PM
    Does the barn have it's own panel? I didn't read it that way. I read it as if the barn was on a circuit(s) in a subpanel... not located in the barn. "so far from the sub-panel breaker" Did I mis-understand?
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