conmgt
Senior Member
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- 2 Phase Philly
I've never had a need to question this until now.
I have a customer who rents the first floor (storefront) of a small two story property. The second floor is residential. Each floor is metered separately from one service drop.
In the basement, the two SE cables each go into a single breaker disconnect. From there, SER cables go up to MLO panels for each tenant.
My customer wants to put a kiln in the basement. My idea is to replace the existing single breaker disconnect with a 4 circuit MLO panel and feed the kiln with one dbl pole breaker and the MLO panel in her store from another dbl pole breaker.
And I'm thinking that up to six breakers total would be allowed.
Does a service panel need a main breaker? Is there a UL listing that defines a panel as suitable for a service? I've always had service panels needing many breakers but this time, I just need to deal with a feeder and one two pole branch circuit.
I have a customer who rents the first floor (storefront) of a small two story property. The second floor is residential. Each floor is metered separately from one service drop.
In the basement, the two SE cables each go into a single breaker disconnect. From there, SER cables go up to MLO panels for each tenant.
My customer wants to put a kiln in the basement. My idea is to replace the existing single breaker disconnect with a 4 circuit MLO panel and feed the kiln with one dbl pole breaker and the MLO panel in her store from another dbl pole breaker.
And I'm thinking that up to six breakers total would be allowed.
Does a service panel need a main breaker? Is there a UL listing that defines a panel as suitable for a service? I've always had service panels needing many breakers but this time, I just need to deal with a feeder and one two pole branch circuit.