<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Jerry -<div><br></div><div>A line tap typically occurs between the utility meter and the main breaker - not after the main breaker on the load side. It seems that you are describing a load side tap which follows the 120% rule under 2008 NEC; I might be misunderstanding the situation. Please clarify. There are few folks out there who are able handle these large commercial grade interconnections and I think it is well worth discussing.</div><div><br></div><div>Good luck! -August </div><div><br></div><div><br><div> </div>August Goers<br><br><div>Luminalt Energy Corporation<br>4000 Irving Street <br>San Francisco, CA 94122</div><br><br><div>Office: 415.564.7652<br>Mobile: 415.559.1525<br>august@luminalt.com<br>www.luminalt.com<br><div><br></div><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica,
sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><br><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> William Miller <wrmiller@charter.net><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, December 5, 2008 4:11:15 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [RE-wrenches] load side taps and NEC 240.21<br></font><br>
Jerry:<br><br>At a recent John Wiles seminar, John declared that this scenario is not a <br>tap and is therefore not covered under the tap rule. This was news to me, <br>but Wiles is considered some sort of guru in compliance discussions.<br><br>William Miller<br><br><br>At 03:43 PM 12/5/2008, you wrote:<br><br>>Wreches,<br>><br>><br>>I have a system where we are tapping onto the bus bars of a 1200 amp panel <br>>fed by a 1200 amp main breaker. The easy place to tap onto the bus bars <br>>is the load side of the breaker using the existing bolts.<br>><br>><br>>The inverter and utility fused disco are about 200 ft away, and the tap <br>>conductors travel about15ft in EMT conduit before leaving the <br>>building. After that the circuit is outdoors. NEC 240.21(B)5 allows taps <br>>of unlimited length for conductors located outside of a building, except <br>>at the point of load (in this case supply) termination.<br>><br>><br>>Can 20ft of conductor
inside the building be covered by being "at the <br>>point of load termination", or do I have to comply with NEC 240.21(B)2 and <br>>have an OCPD within 25'?<br>><br>><br>>The construction foreman for this project is buddies with the inspector, <br>>so getting a signed permit won't be a problem but I want this to be a code <br>>compliant system. Can anyone lend some insight to the spirit of <br>>240.21(B)2 and 5?<br>><br>><br>>Sorry if this has been discussed before, but searching didn't yield any <br>>results.<br>><br>><br>>Best,<br>><br>>Jerry Caldwell<br>><br>>Recurrent Energy<br>><br>>_______________________________________________<br>>List sponsored by Home Power magazine<br>><br>>List Address: <a ymailto="mailto:RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" href="mailto:RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a><br>><br>>Options & settings:<br>><a href="http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org"
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