Re: [RE-wrenches] Commercial backfeed

2018-11-05 Thread Darryl Thayer
That is a strange panel. If you are feeding a breaker panel yes you must be farther from the line connections to the bus bar, unless the busbars are limited in the total load breakers in which case the other set of rules apply. How and what you connect depends upon the service at that point. If

Re: [RE-wrenches] Commercial backfeed

2018-11-05 Thread Lorenzo Ortiz
Yep, all the rules still apply, But with 480 you get far more leeway as far as breaker size with the square-root factored in. On Mon, Nov 5, 2018 at 7:07 AM, frenergy wrote: > Hey folks, > > I've been asked to inter-tie a system to a 600 amp 480V delta > panel. Do all the same rules

Re: [RE-wrenches] Commercial backfeed

2018-11-05 Thread cwarfel
Hi Bill, It's smaller than NEC 691covers, so I would think all the same rules apply (Not an engineered, stamped allowance). Chris On 11/5/2018 10:07 AM, frenergy wrote: Hey folks,             I've been asked to inter-tie a system to a 600 amp 480V delta panel.  Do all the same rules apply (B

[RE-wrenches] Commercial backfeed

2018-11-05 Thread frenergy
Hey folks,             I've been asked to inter-tie a system to a 600 amp 480V delta panel.  Do all the same rules apply (Backfeed max 20%, keep inter-tie breaker farthest from panel grid feeders, anything else??).  Proposed system size is about 35-40KW.  Its actually a bazillionaire's reside