Is this an exterior shut off for electrical or just related to AC's?

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I am trying to see if a home has an exterior shut off for electrical --- this is all I found. Are these related to the air conditioners, or do they control the electricity for the entire house?

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Alan F.
Flipper/Rehabber · CA · Member since 2023 · 1k+ posts · 1k+ votes
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Quote from @Dav Pohote:

I am trying to see if a home has an exterior shut off for electrical --- this is all I found. Are these related to the air conditioners, or do they control the electricity for the entire house?
More than likely those are the service disconnects for the condensers. They are actually the overload protection for the units but some AHJ'S allow a circuit breaker to serve as the disconnect. Looks like a nice install, square d is good equipment, also looks like they have a 120v circuit (now required) for the AC techs to use
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Member since 2024 · 31 posts · 11 votes
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Quote from @Alan F.:

Quote from @Dav Pohote:

I am trying to see if a home has an exterior shut off for electrical --- this is all I found. Are these related to the air conditioners, or do they control the electricity for the entire house?
More than likely those are the service disconnects for the condensers. They are actually the overload protection for the units but some AHJ'S allow a circuit breaker to serve as the disconnect. Looks like a nice install, square d is good equipment, also looks like they have a 120v circuit (now required) for the AC techs to use
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Thank you, I can always shut them off and see what happens but wanted to avoid any unnecessary issues ;p
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