rjken1969
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- Princeton, NJ
I'm doing some work at an existing facility. It's a high rise mixed used building with multiple building and tenant services being fed through a single 2500A breaker, prior to utility metering. It's an older facility, and the electrical system is somewhat haphazard. The owner wants to replace a large steam absorption chiller with an electrical chiller. This means a new 600A feed from the existing system.
The system has capacity for the feed, but it will require tapping the bus and locating a new FDS in an electrical room that has no room for expansion. What code section outlines the requirements for this type of modification? I'm tapping after a main breaker, but need to locate the new FDS remotely, it appears that the FDS will have to be located outside of the electric room. Is this allowed by the NEC?
The system has capacity for the feed, but it will require tapping the bus and locating a new FDS in an electrical room that has no room for expansion. What code section outlines the requirements for this type of modification? I'm tapping after a main breaker, but need to locate the new FDS remotely, it appears that the FDS will have to be located outside of the electric room. Is this allowed by the NEC?