Relocating Panel

[DSamson]

I'm bidding on a job with the following features:

Main panel in the garage,
2 pole breaker from main panel feeding 8 position fuse panel in upstairs hallway closet (fed by 8 AWG TW in EMT 3/4" trade size).

I want to relocate the upstairs branch circuits out of the closet. I will be adding a new 12/24 panel in the kitchen adjacent to the closet (fed by 6 AWG THHN in the same 3/4" EMT).

These are my questions:

1) Can I take the guts out of the old fuse panel and use it as a junction box?

2) If I can use it as a junction box, am I permitted to make juncitions in the branch circuit conductors and the subpanel feeders in the same box (presuming I have enough box volume)?


3) From the old fuse panel location to the new circuit breaker subpanel location, can I put the subpanel feeders and the branch circuit conductors in the same raceway? Again, assuming sufficienct raceway volume and sufficient ampacity (after correction for bundling and ambient temperature, as necessary)?

4) Alternative to #3, can I use NM-B to extend the subpanel feeders from the old fuse panel location to the new circuit breaker subpanel? Is there any prohibition on using NM-B as a feeder, or a prohibition gainst making junctions in the feeder?

Thanks for your help.

 

[macmikeman]

question #1. Up to the local AHJ. If it were up to me then ok.
question #2 Ok so long as you have voume like you said.
queston #3 Ok if those conditions are met. What's not allowed is mixing branch circuit conductors or feeders into raceways with service conductors in them.
question #4 Ok to use romex if the building type and usage is ok, it is not in a damp or wet location, (of course in this case), and is protected from physical damage, then you can make splices in a feeder and use nm-b for it. NM-B is not allowed for service conductors. As long as it is not a service panel, then you should be ok.

 

[Jim W in Tampa]

Yes to all unless a local ahj has amendments.

 

[infinity]

1- Yes
2- Yes
3- Yes
4- Yes