Allwirebayarea
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- Location
- San mateo, Ca
- Occupation
- Electrician
Hi guys, this is my first post so bare with me.
I have a building built in 1908 (electrical was installed in the 40's i was told), it has a main disconnect that is rated at 200amp with 2/0 cable going out to feed the unit meters. From the 2/0 there are several10awg cables spliced into it and fed to each meter for each unit. Someone added a meter main to meter the lights and common area receptacles. They basically added a panel that has a 50amp breaker but they just spliced inside the disconnect with polaris with 6awg wire. Is this dangerous? Sinse they parrelled several 10awg wires to the 2/0 i assume its the same concept.
Any code references?
Will try to post pics.
Thanks again,
Nick
I have a building built in 1908 (electrical was installed in the 40's i was told), it has a main disconnect that is rated at 200amp with 2/0 cable going out to feed the unit meters. From the 2/0 there are several10awg cables spliced into it and fed to each meter for each unit. Someone added a meter main to meter the lights and common area receptacles. They basically added a panel that has a 50amp breaker but they just spliced inside the disconnect with polaris with 6awg wire. Is this dangerous? Sinse they parrelled several 10awg wires to the 2/0 i assume its the same concept.
Any code references?
Will try to post pics.
Thanks again,
Nick