Breaker as a Switch

[plongson]

Generally, it's not good practice to use a breaker as a switch...(electrical best practices). Why then is there not a true switch and only the breaker on green machines?

[performance]

Please don't generalize or pontificate here. We have plenty of experience in this area. Whether you realize this or not, this is an industry standard requirement. The switches we use are designed for this type of use and meet ETL specs and meet the requirements of protection for both US electrical code and Canada requiring this type of switch to be in place. Either that or the machine will require a dedicated cut off at the outlet per US code...and customers will not do that. And if they don't then that becomes a liability for us.

NEC Article 630.12 and 630.13 cover this.

[plongson]

Thank you for the detailed response! My question was not meant to offend or cast aspersions but simply question why there is the absence of a dedicated switch disconnect in addition to the breaker.
Now I understand where Everlast is coming from.

BTW...We are absolutely thrilled with our new 256SI.