Tap?

[celtic]

Is this considered a "tap"?

480v welding outlet with a disco on the line side.
The load side of outlet is to feed a disco at a transformer ~ a few hundred feet away.
In the disco (at xfmer), on the LINE side, a short piece [+/- 15'] of #10 will feed a controller for a motor/pump (480v 30A).
The transformer will also serve to power a 120/240v panel for temp power (for recept.s)

Are the #10's considered a "tap"?

 

[jim dungar]

Are the #10's considered a "tap"?

If the conductors are not rated for, or larger than, the overcurrent protective device that feeds them, they are taps.

 

[Smart $]

If the conductors are not rated for, or larger than, the overcurrent protective device that feeds them, they are taps.

I have to wonder in this situation. Because they are powering a motor (assuming it is a feed-thru controller), the #10 conductors may require an OCPD rating that exceeds the "normal" ampacity and thus possibly properly protected. In other words, wouldn't one have to determine the proper rating range of overcurrent protection of the motor circuit before concluding it is or isn't a tap?

 

[jim dungar]

Because they are powering a motor (assuming it is a feed-thru controller), the #10 conductors may require an OCPD rating that exceeds the "normal" ampacity and thus possibly properly protected.

In which case they would be rated for the OCPD an therefore are not taps.