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A question has come up in a class that I teach. I hope you can help me with an answer.
In the 2002 NEC Article 215.2(A)(2) it states that a feeder must have an ampacity of "at least 30-amps" where the "load supplied consists of any of the following number and types of circuits:"
It then lists four examples.
This seems to be missing in the 2005 code. Has it been moved? I cannot find it anywhere else. Has this requirement just been dropped from the NEC? I never really saw the point of this requirement, but I know it was a favorite for questions on various exams so I always covered it in detail.
Thanks for any help you may provide.
 
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2-273 Log #832 NEC-P02 (215-2(A)(2) (3) (4))
Panel Meeting Action: Accept in Principle in Part
In the 2002 NEC text, take the following actions:
1) Delete 215.2(A)(2) - including items (1) through (4)
2) Renumber 215.2(A)(3) to be (A)(2) and revise "service-entrance conductors" to "service conductors".
3) Renumber 215.2(A)(4) to be (A)(3) and revise "service-entrance conductors" to "service conductors"
Reject the remainder of the proposal.
Panel Statement:
The panel agrees with the submitter that the limitations of the numbers of branch circuits supplied by a feeder are no longer warranted
because of the limitations placed on the circuit size by other rules. The panel does not agree that 215.2(A)(3) should be deleted. This
rule is consistent with the requirement of a minimum 8 AWG copper or 6 AWG aluminum in 230.31(B). The panel does not agree with
the submitter's revision of 215.2(A)(4), as the present rule is in place to resolve a specific 310.15(B)(6) issue raised with the conductors
for individual dewlling units and mobile homes.
Number Eligible to Vote: 13
Affirmative: 13 Ballot Results:
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