William, The tap conductor ampacity must not be less than the rating of the breaker protecting that circuit, which in this case (if I understand the configuration correctly) would be the main breaker in the panelboard.
Any smaller gauge would require its own OCP device of appropriate rating if it's to be code-compliant. Dan --- On Tue, 10/25/11, William Miller <[email protected]> wrote: From: William Miller <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Feeder without a dedicated breaker To: "RE-wrenches" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, October 25, 2011, 2:54 PM Jamie: Thanks for getting me started. I did not think to consider this as a tap, but it appears to match the criteria. William Miller At 11:38 AM 10/25/2011, you wrote: William, I would start with Article 240.21(B). Jamie Johnson
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