Hi Ray, Sorry to be unclear, yes, in almost all cases it would involve a splice of some kind. My main issue is can you use a service panel as a pass through box.
Thanks On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 6:13 PM, Ray Walters <r...@solarray.com> wrote: > Hi Mac; > > I'm not sure I understand how you would extend the wires without splicing. > BTW you only need to extend the hots, not the neutrals or grounds. > *NEC 312.8* sets a cross sectional area limit of 75% for the splices and > wires inside an OCPD Enclosure. > I just found these inline splices to use instead of the infamous wire > nut: http://www.idealindustries.co.uk/product/12/557/67825/.html > These should make for a cleaner install, and take less precious space, but > I haven't tried them yet. > > R.Ray Walters > CTO, Solarray, Inc > Nabcep Certified PV Installer, > Licensed Master Electrician > Solar Design Engineer303 505-8760 > > On 9/8/2016 6:00 PM, Mac Lewis wrote: > > Hello wrenches, > > We run into many scenarios where we are locating a critical load panel > adjacent to an existing service to make it easy to move the loads. I've > always taken it for granted (as have the electricians that we use) that we > can't do a splice in the main panel and extend the load wiring to the > critical load panel. Is there code violation for doing a splice in the > main panel and extending the leads to the critical panel? You would be > treating the service panel as a pass-trough/splice box for those critical > loads. > > It makes me wonder because of all of the prewired transfer switch packages > with wire whips already attached that seem to be designed to do just that. > > Code references would be appreciated. > > Thanks > > -- > > > > Mac Lewis > > * "Yo solo sé que no sé nada." -Sócrates * > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & > settings:http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html > > List rules & etiquette:www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios:www.members.re-wrenches.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches. > org/maillist.html > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > > -- Mac Lewis *"Yo solo sé que no sé nada." -Sócrates*
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