Article 384-16

[lady sparks lover]

please explain to me this article. does this article require that a lighting panel have a main breaker or disconnect protecting it, or does it mean something else. I wasn't sure what was meant?!

[ April 02, 2003, 02:24 PM: Message edited by: lady sparks lover ]

 

[bphgravity]

Re: Article 384-16

I read this article as meaning a panelboard needs to have a main OCD that will in effect denergize the entire panel and protect the supplying conductors. The exception removes this requirement if the supply conductors are protected at their source with an OCD not larger than the rating of the panel they serve.

 

[lady sparks lover]

Re: Article 384-16

that seems so common sense, but you might be right.

Originally posted by lady sparks lover:
please explain to me this article. does this article require that a lighting panel have a main breaker or disconnect protecting it, or does it mean something else. I wasn't sure what was meant?!