Chris-PA
Where the Wild Things Are
This isn't some religious crusade BTW, just an opinion. If you have a resistive short in an electrical outlet in a wall which causes a fire, and the service panel is locked, then it is harder to turn off the power. You can always go out and yank the meter. I prefer to be able to access the breakers quickly.so your saying you dont like that you wouldnt be able to disconnect the power that feeds the panels inside the structures?
if so, what would be the difference if he didnt have a disconnect on the pole, and the utility was fed directly from the meter socket to his panel? because as long as the panel is within 10ft of where the utility enters the building it doesnt need a disconnect.
so if there was a fire in his panel how would you disconnect power to it? gonna call the utility and ask them to come turn it off for ya???
same would apply if there was a fire started in his disconnect on the pole...
There are certainly other scenarios where you could have a fault, say between the meter and the panel, that having access to the panel would not help. However, there are more connections and devices downstream of the panel, and so more opportunities for failures.