[RE-wrenches] load side taps and NEC 240.21

[William Miller]

Jerry:

At a recent John Wiles seminar, John declared that this scenario is not a 
tap and is therefore not covered under the tap rule.  This was news to me, 
but Wiles is considered some sort of guru in compliance discussions.

William Miller


At 03:43 PM 12/5/2008, you wrote:

>Wreches,
>
>
>I have a system where we are tapping onto the bus bars of a 1200 amp panel 
>fed by a 1200 amp main breaker.  The easy place to tap onto the bus bars 
>is the load side of the breaker using the existing bolts.
>
>
>The inverter and utility fused disco are about 200 ft away, and the tap 
>conductors travel about15ft in EMT conduit before leaving the 
>building.  After that the circuit is outdoors.  NEC 240.21(B)5 allows taps 
>of unlimited length for conductors located outside of a building, except 
>at the point of load (in this case supply) termination.
>
>
>Can 20ft of conductor inside the building be covered by being "at the 
>point of load termination", or do I have to comply with NEC 240.21(B)2 and 
>have an OCPD within 25'?
>
>
>The construction foreman for this project is buddies with the inspector, 
>so getting a signed permit won't be a problem but I want this to be a code 
>compliant system.  Can anyone lend some insight to the spirit of 
>240.21(B)2 and 5?
>
>
>Sorry if this has been discussed before, but searching didn't yield any 
>results.
>
>
>Best,
>
>Jerry Caldwell
>
>Recurrent Energy
>
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