Hooking up solar line side of main disconnect

[highvolts582]

Ok I am hooking up a Solar job doing a line tap on the line side of a main disconnect. I have a 4/0 225 amp copper feed (not parallel) that I need to Tie in to Line the line side of a 400 amp service disconnect. Feeding this disconnect is 2 Parallel 4/0 conductors. I want to put a triple bug on my 4/0 and jump off with 2- 1/0 parallel conductors and use bite-down connectors to attach these parallel conductors to the 4/0 parallel conductors feeding this disconnect. it will save me a disconnect reconnect not hold up job for 3 weeks and basically save my life.

Thanks,
Mike

 

[LarryFine]

If you're talking about products that can be connected live (but never with load on the tap) like the Ilsco Kup-l-tap, I've used them and like them. Some others here seem to have issues with connecting them live, but that's what they're designed for. Click pic:

 

[highvolts582]

Those are what I may be planning on using I use em all the time to line tap solar. Just was wondering if there were any violations about doing it with parallel conductors. The feeders I am trying to connect are not parallel so I was going to put a triple bug on the feeders come out parallel and connect to the existing parallel all in side a big 400 amp outdoor disconnect.

 

[LarryFine]

You can use a pair of taps per phase, after creating a Y in each feeder conductor using more common means.

 

[don_resqcapt19]

Make sure you talk to the power company. Ours requires an outside disconnect next to the meter for any power production system that operates in parallel with them.

 

[highvolts582]

Make sure you talk to the power company. Ours requires an outside disconnect next to the meter for any power production system that operates in parallel with them.

I have a disconnect there is one for the building and one for the solar this about Hooking up these 2 items to each other.