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Are you sure you can't? Since the bus has a rating of 150 A and is
protected by a 100 A breaker, there is plenty of room to not over amp the
bus from the two sources of power.<br><br>
The amperage from the inverter will cancel amperage coming from the
utility in the feeder. The wire will never supply over the 100
A. The theoretical max the inverter could backfeed would be 40 Amps
in the 100 Amp cable if no loads were being supplied. It would
certainly not be a safety issue. Am I missing something in the
code?<br><br>
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At 12:51 AM 9/28/2012, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Mac:<br><br>
Nope.<br><br>
<br>
William Miller<br><br>
PS: It's pretty straight forwards, the code says "bus or
conductor."<br><br>
wm<br><br>
PPS:<br><br>
Can you customer live with a smaller feeder breaker, say 125
amps? If so, your gold.<br><br>
wm<br><br>
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At 06:43 PM 9/27/2012, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Hello wrenches,<br><br>
I am looking for advice on how the 120% rule applies to feeders for a
subpanel. I have this scenario:<br>
150A bus rating on subpanel with main breaker of 100A. The
conductors feeding this subpanel are 100A rated conductors. Can I
backfeed with a 40A breaker?<br><br>
Thanks<br><br>
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