The best ac disconnects are outdoor rated provide easy access to the interior and are built to last.
Roof ac disconnect.
Ac disconnects act as safety switches that disconnect the load from the power sources.
An ac disconnect also known as a fuse box or switch box is for controlling the breakers and fuses that lead to your air conditioner.
The air conditioner or heat pump unit disconnect must be within sight from and readily accessible from the unit.
Eaton offers the industry s most complete line of acds.
There are 3 standard designs non fused fused and a molded case switch.
Nec 440 13 disconnect for room air conditioners or heat pumps paraphrasing.
Acds provide a visible disconnecting means when performing maintenance and are commonly referred to as disconnects pullouts or air conditioning switches.
The disconnecting means shall not be located on panels that are designed to allow access to the air conditioning or refrigeration equipment or to obscure the equipment nameplate s.
The disconnecting means shall be permitted to be installed on or within the air conditioning or refrigerating equipment.
Each place is slighty diffrent so it will varies a bit but really most common is 36 hight and useally from 12 to 18 inch away from the unit unless have multi units then i group the disconnect switch if in line of sight other wise spec ed.
The hight of the disconnection switch is no higher than the a c unit typically 36 inch up from roof line.