[RE-wrenches] Feeder without a dedicated breaker

William Miller william at millersolar.com
Tue Oct 25 10:59:33 PDT 2011


Friends:

A prospective client has a 200 amp meter / main / combo.  There are only a 
few breakers in it feeding the well, the pool house / barn and the 
garage.  There is no breaker feeding the sub panel in the laundry room that 
has all of the branch circuit breakers for the house.  Instead there is a 
plug-on connection block feeding a large gauge aluminum romex feeder into 
that sub-panel.  The plug-on connection block has hex set screws large 
enough to handle the feeder conductors.

Having no circuit breaker, this feeder is over-current protected by the 200 
amp main breaker.  Is this legal?

To rephrase the question:  Does a feeder require a dedicated circuit breaker?

Thanks in advance,

William


Miller Solar
Voice :805-438-5600
email: william at millersolar.com
http://millersolar.com
License No. C-10-773985
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