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Max,<br>
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Don't do the tap alone, you would be overdriving the subpanel. You
would need 200A of OCP somewhere between the tap and sub panel
loads. Convert the MOL to a 200A Main Breaker or install a 200A
fused disconnect between the tap and the MLO subpanel.<br>
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Mark Frye<br>
Berkeley Solar Electric Systems<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/13/2014 3:40 PM, Max Balchowsky
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<div><span>Fellow wrenches, I've got an install that is a little
different than any I've done before. We are going to put an
18 Kw groundmount on the side of a hill (nothing new so
far).</span></div>
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from a 200 amp MLO subpanel in the garage of a guest house.
Still nothing new. The sub panel is 500 ft from the 400 amp
main service. The 200 amp sub feed is 250 MCM. There is not
much load on the 200 amp sub panel. The twist on this one is
this, there is a pull box in the vicinity of the proposed
array location. It contains the feed from the House Main
(250 MCM) It simply loops thru the box, I'm sure because of
the length of the run. We are 400 feet from the main 400 amp
panel and about 100 ft from the 200 amp sub panel. My
thoughts are to tap the 250 MCM in the pull box to back feed
the subfeed to the Main. The other option is to pull wire
from the pull box to the sub panel and land a breaker for
the 95 amp feed from the array. Any thoughts??</span></div>
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