load vs.panel box size

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difowler1

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If your calculated service load is 125amps on a residential house, can you use a 200amp panel box with 125amp service wire? Only with a 125amp meterbase?
 
load vs panel size.

load vs panel size.

Would the panel box need to be marked in some way so that others wouldn't accidentally add additional loads believing it was a 200amp service.
 
difowler1 said:
If your calculated service load is 125amps on a residential house, can you use a 200amp panel box with 125amp service wire? Only with a 125amp meterbase?
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The way I read the OP, I assume he has a 200 amp main breaker which is not compliant. For a single service disconnect, it must be sized to the conductors. Next size up rule IS allowed.

Edit: .....and if it is a 200 amp MB, I see the 125 meter base itself as acceptable as long as the load calc is <= 125. I think 110.3(B) is the best we can do.
 
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