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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><div style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">I believe that John Wiles has stated this in a couple of places in print, therefore you may have a tough time justifying a way around the rule to an AHJ.<br><br>Supply side connections are very popular in this situation.</div></div><div dir="ltr"><hr><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">From: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="mailto:august@luminalt.com">August Goers</a></span><br><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Sent: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">3/2/2016 11:32</span><br><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">To: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">RE-wrenches</a></span><br><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Subject: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">[RE-wrenches] NEC 705.12 Point of Connection - 120% rule for center-fed panelboards</span><br><br></div><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">All –</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">We are seeing more AHJs not allowing us to use the NEC 7015.12(D)(2)(3)(b) 120% rule on center-fed panelboards. For example, if we have a 100 A meter/main combo with a center fed 100 A breaker we cannot apply the 120% rule at all and need to do a panel swap. What are other wrenches doing in this case?</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Best,</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">August</p><p class="MsoNormal">Luminalt</p></div>
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