goros
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- rochester ny usa
So I was called to a customers house to inspect something they had done....very incorrectly.
They have a 100amp service with a 100amp meter socket (inside the house - i'd guess 60's or early 70's installation) and the husband ran #4 awg from the meter socket to the new 200amp CH main he mounted on the wall (a really nice 42s/42c panel).
He connected the 4 awg to the main lugs. obviously a no-no. CH doesn't make a replacement main breaker to bring him into code that fits that box (csr 25k main breaker 200amp). So my "easy fix" is out.
They want me to bring them into code without having to upgrade their service.
Assuming I'm willing to help (i owe him a favor), what would the safest method of correction be?
A 2pole 100amp breaker backfed into the panel and labeled as main?
Or a 100 amp fusable disconnect between the main breaker and the meter socket?
His panel is currently grounded correctly and has the right bonding and tests out to better-than-code resistance levels.
If I didn't owe him I wouldn't be looking at it at all, and I'd report him to RG&E.
Help and/or advice appreciated - they want future-prooofing to support 200amps in the future but don't have the budget for it currently.
Thanks in advance.
They have a 100amp service with a 100amp meter socket (inside the house - i'd guess 60's or early 70's installation) and the husband ran #4 awg from the meter socket to the new 200amp CH main he mounted on the wall (a really nice 42s/42c panel).
He connected the 4 awg to the main lugs. obviously a no-no. CH doesn't make a replacement main breaker to bring him into code that fits that box (csr 25k main breaker 200amp). So my "easy fix" is out.
They want me to bring them into code without having to upgrade their service.
Assuming I'm willing to help (i owe him a favor), what would the safest method of correction be?
A 2pole 100amp breaker backfed into the panel and labeled as main?
Or a 100 amp fusable disconnect between the main breaker and the meter socket?
His panel is currently grounded correctly and has the right bonding and tests out to better-than-code resistance levels.
If I didn't owe him I wouldn't be looking at it at all, and I'd report him to RG&E.
Help and/or advice appreciated - they want future-prooofing to support 200amps in the future but don't have the budget for it currently.
Thanks in advance.