if a electrical panel is rated 200 amps is that 100 amps on each phase or is it 200amps on each phase?

Answer 1

If a panel is rated 200 Amp.s, thats 200A. capacity
on each phase.

In case you don't quite understand alternating current
multiphase systems, this does NOT mean that a
400 Amp. current capacity is available.

Answer 2

A 200 Amp. Service is just that! it has a 200 amp capacity. You'll notice at the top of your panel, where the wires come in from the street, there is what looks like a large breaker with 200 written on it.

This means it's a 200 amp breaker. Most homes have a multiphase power system they are tapped into. This is based on alternating current going from positive to negative and back again, very quickly!! Thank You, Joseph Tessla!!!!

Anyway...The main breaker acts the same as the 15 amp. or 20 ampbreakers in your panel. If you look at the stove breaker it has two hot wires. But the service is 30 amp! Your main works the same as this. You have two legs for power, one nuetral and a ground!

If your house produces a live short to the panel, or draws more than 200 amps at any one time, the main breaker will trip.

Answer 3

3 section isn't obtainable for place of abode with out specific clearance. the completed contemporary is desperate by using the flexibility company and no there is not any longer 2 hundred amps consistent with section. you are able to run a crane on 2 hundred amps!!

Answer 4

I don't know the answer, but at my work the main panels have ammeters that are selectable to the different legs, the panel reads 200a, and i'm usually seeing 100. maybe this will help you find the answer.