<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Hi Mac,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Our strictest local inspector allows us to do just what you are describing, per NEC 312.8. For the label described in 312.8(3), we make a custom label that reads:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">"Warning: This panel contains feed-through conductors. OCPD for these feed-through conductors are located ..." and then indicate physical location of new subpanel (e.g. directly below this panel, etc.).</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">I hope that helps.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Cheers,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Mark</div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font><font><font><font>----</font></font></font></font></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:15px"><font color="#0076be">Mark Westbrock</font><font color="#666666">| VP, Branch Manager | Employee Owner</font></span></font></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#666666" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:15px"><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(68,68,68);display:inline">NABCEP\u2122 Certified PV Installation Professional</div></span></font></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">NABCEP\u2122 Certified </span><font color="#666666" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:15px"><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(68,68,68);display:inline">Technical Sales Professional</div></span></font></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">NM EE98J Licensed Electrician</span><font color="#666666" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:15px"><br></span></font><div><font color="#666666" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:15px">510 S. 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I've always taken it for granted (as have the electricians that we use) that we can't do a splice in the main panel and extend the load wiring to the critical load panel. Is there code violation for doing a splice in the main panel and extending the leads to the critical panel? You would be treating the service panel as a pass-trough/splice box for those critical loads.</div><div><br></div><div>It makes me wonder because of all of the prewired transfer switch packages with wire whips already attached that seem to be designed to do just that.</div><div><br></div><div>Code references would be appreciated.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks<span><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div><br></div><div><font color="#305A78" face="'times new roman', serif"><br></font></div><div><br></div>Mac Lewis<br><br><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;color:rgb(255,153,0)"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><p align="left"><font color="#000000" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(48,90,120)"><font face="'times new roman', serif">"Yo solo sé que no sé nada." </font><span style="font-weight:700;color:rgb(104,104,104)"><font face="'times new roman', serif">-Sócrates</font></span></span></span></font></p></font></b></span></div>
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