coolpontiac
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- Location
- san jose, california
if the feed wires into my panel are large enough to support all the loads of all the breakers in my panel... why is the panel rated with a max amp load. I mean... none of the breakers will trip if all the wiring is sufficient. is it a question of heat? but even if it gets warm in there, will that cause breakers to fail or be a fire risk?
2nd question for extra credit
my home has an outside panel just next to the meter. the panel has only 1 240v 100 amp breaker which feeds the 'main panel' in my garage and 1 120v 20amp breaker which goes ot garage outlets. this outside panel has a label that says 125A max. my question is can I add another 240v 50amp break in this outside panel (which currently only has 2 breakers as i describe) ? if I cant then what is the point of this outside panel if almost all of its capacity is just that 100amp breaker for my "main panel in the garage"? is it a code thing that i need to be able to turn off all power from outside the house?
thanks!
2nd question for extra credit
my home has an outside panel just next to the meter. the panel has only 1 240v 100 amp breaker which feeds the 'main panel' in my garage and 1 120v 20amp breaker which goes ot garage outlets. this outside panel has a label that says 125A max. my question is can I add another 240v 50amp break in this outside panel (which currently only has 2 breakers as i describe) ? if I cant then what is the point of this outside panel if almost all of its capacity is just that 100amp breaker for my "main panel in the garage"? is it a code thing that i need to be able to turn off all power from outside the house?
thanks!
