Someone told me this was against the Fed.& State Code & Fire Marshall ?
2007-10-15 12:52:03 · 10 answers · asked by Edward H 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Yes you can. You don't add up the breaker capacity. You can buy breaker boxes that hold up to 42 breakers in them. You can only by code only carry 80% of the stated amps on any breaker. If you had a 200 amp panel the most it can ever carry is 160 amps at one time. You will never pull that much an any one giving time.
2007-10-16 00:40:34 · answer #1 · answered by Stephen P 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
That is not a problem at all. The load is what matters. If each of your breakers is passing the maximum load, the main circuit breaker may trip. That is what it is there for. There is no hazard at all. And this is allowed per the National, State, and Local codes. The codes and UL only limit the number of circuits in a given size panel. So if it is UL listed, it is ok as it is. None of those breakers are going to be at maximum current. Some will be conducting very little current. And a 200 amp panel actually gives you 200 amps of power on each leg of the 240 volts. So you have 400 amps of 120 volt power available in the panel. Tell your untrained friend he is full of baloney. So are the untrained people on yahoo.
2007-10-16 05:52:25 · answer #2 · answered by John himself 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The breaker panel you have is for a total of 200 amps, not 300 amps. No one is going to stand behind you if you have a fire or other mishap in your home with an overloaded electrical panel. It's the electrical code that is used all over the U.S. that needs to be followed for good reason. The time you would get involved with the Fed and State code would be an inspection or if you sold your home, and then in case of a Fire with the local Fire Marshall. If you are in need of that many amps load, find someone to work with you that knows electrical panels and wire sizes, you're head down a road for big problems at a time in the future you don't want them.
Good Luck-Pay the price and do it right.
2007-10-16 10:48:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
There all crazy, they should go look in there own breaker boxes. The 200 amp rating is for the total amps used at any one time no one uses everything at once. Also the breakers and wire are rated for say 20 amp but the circuit does not use all of it. If you read on the inside door it will tell you the total breakers you can have.
2007-10-15 14:57:17 · answer #4 · answered by Mark N 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You are probably over already if you add up all your breakers. The 200 amp is if everything is on at the same time. Who does this? You'll be fine. Most loads, A/C etc. draw the most power on their start up, not while they are running.
2007-10-15 16:55:07 · answer #5 · answered by Jim P 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. The amperage rating of a junction box is determined by how much heat the buses generate when a given current is flowing through them. The smaller the buses, the more heat they generate for a given amount of current. The higher the current, the more heat they generate.
If you tried to draw more than 200 amps through a 200-amp junction box, the generated heat would be excessive and it would be a fire hazard.
2007-10-15 13:13:43 · answer #6 · answered by Paul in San Diego 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
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2017-01-03 17:20:45 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes you can , however your not covered, under the codes
and yes it mite cause a fire sure.
why dont you get a new box? instead
2007-10-15 15:15:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
no, I don't think they would fit.
2007-10-15 13:11:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
no you cannot
2007-10-15 13:04:15 · answer #10 · answered by hermitofnorthdome 5 · 1⤊ 4⤋