This is the explanator print to 230.80 in the HB , but don't forget you hhave to crunch the numbers
Section 230.71(A) permits up to six individual switches or circuit breakers, mounted in a single enclosure, in a group of separate enclosures, or in or on a switchboard or several switchboards, to serve as the required service disconnecting means at any one location. Section 230.80 refers to situations in which more than one switch or circuit breaker is used as the disconnecting means and indicates that the combined rating of all the switches or circuit breakers used cannot be less than the rating required for a single switch or circuit breaker.
Section 230.90 requires an overcurrent device to provide overload protection in each ungrounded service conductor. A single overcurrent device must have a rating or setting that is not higher than the allowable ampacity of the service conductors. However, Exception No. 3 to 230.90(A) allows not more than six circuit breakers or six sets of fuses to be considered the overcurrent device. None of these individual overcurrent devices can have a rating or setting higher than the ampacity of the service conductors.
In complying with these rules, it is possible for the total of the six overcurrent devices to be greater than the rating of the service-entrance conductors. However, the size of the service-entrance conductors is required to be adequate for the computed load only, and each individual service disconnecting means is required to be large enough for the individual load it supplies. See the commentary following 230.90(A), Exception No. 3.
