<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; ">What size is the conduit? Can you re-pull conductors at a higher ampacity?</pre><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; ">Nick Vida</pre><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><br></pre><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><br></pre><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; ">Mac:
Nope.
William Miller
PS: It's pretty straight forwards, the code says "bus or conductor."
wm
PPS:
Can you customer live with a smaller feeder breaker, say 125 amps? If so,
your gold.
wm
At 06:43 PM 9/27/2012, you wrote:
><i>Hello wrenches,
</i>><i>
</i>><i>I am looking for advice on how the 120% rule applies to feeders for a
</i>><i>subpanel. I have this scenario:
</i>><i>150A bus rating on subpanel with main breaker of 100A. The conductors
</i>><i>feeding this subpanel are 100A rated conductors. Can I backfeed with a
</i>><i>40A breaker?
</i>><i>
</i>><i>Thanks</i></pre></div></div></body></html>