Using a panelboard as a raseway

[JPsparky]

Could someone tell me where in the 2011 code book it says that you can not use a panelboard as a raceway? This question comes about because of a disagreement with my coworker. He want to run the travelers from 2 - 3way switches through the panel where the circuit hot comes from.

 

[roger]

Well, I don't have a 2011 in front of me but, if 312.8 hasn't moved from earlier code cycles and the wording hasn't changed, the panel can be used as a raceway.


Roger

 

[jumper]

They rewrote 312.8 so it is little more clear now IMO.

312.8 Switch and Overcurrent Device Enclosures with
Splices, Taps, and Feed-Through Conductors. The wiring
wiring space of enclosures for switches or overcurrent devices
shall be permitted for conductors feeding through, spliced,
or tapping off to other enclosures, switches, or overcurrent
devices where all of the following conditions are met:

(1) The total of all conductors installed at any cross section
of the wiring space does not exceed 40 percent of the
cross-sectional area of that space.
(2) The total area of all conductors, splices, and taps installed
at any cross section of the wiring space does not
exceed 75 percent of the cross-sectional area of that
space.
(3) A warning label is applied to the enclosure that identifies
the closest disconnecting means for any feedthrough
conductors