hardworkingstiff
Senior Member
- Location
- Wilmington, NC
Without going into the reasons why or why not, here is the scenario.
Install parallel conductors (8 per phase) for voltage drop when 4 per phase will handle the actual amperage just fine. The breaker terminations will only accept 4 per phase.
Solution, terminate 2 each of the 8 conductors on a power terminal block then come off of that terminal block to the breaker with 1 conductor. You would need to do this 4 times per phase. This way you have the 8 conductors between source and load, but your final termination into the breaker will be with just 4 conductors.
Electrically, I see nothing wrong with this. Anyone have a code reference that might prohibit it?
Install parallel conductors (8 per phase) for voltage drop when 4 per phase will handle the actual amperage just fine. The breaker terminations will only accept 4 per phase.
Solution, terminate 2 each of the 8 conductors on a power terminal block then come off of that terminal block to the breaker with 1 conductor. You would need to do this 4 times per phase. This way you have the 8 conductors between source and load, but your final termination into the breaker will be with just 4 conductors.
Electrically, I see nothing wrong with this. Anyone have a code reference that might prohibit it?
