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This applies to both Residential and Commercial but I will put it here because I tossed a coin up in the air.
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Enclosure can have service conductors as well as feeders and branch circuits or we could not have panels as they are today in this country. In Canada the service conductors are in a different section of the panel and are isolated form the branch circuit breakers. Raceways, however, cannot be shared with branch circuits or feeders, and service conductors.gfretwell said:I am not sure what Mike is talking about when he says service conductors might be there.If you are using a load side enclosure as a raceway 230.7 would keep service conductors out.
312.8 Switch and Overcurrent Device Enclosures with Splices, Taps, and Feed-Through Conductors. The wiring space of enclosures for switches or overcurrent devices shall be permitted for conductors feeding through, spliced, or tapping off to other enclosures, switches, or overcurrent devices where all of the following conditions are met1) The total of all conductors installed at any cross section of the wiring space does not exceed 40 percent of the cross-sectional area of that space.
(2) The total area of all conductors, splices, and taps installed at any cross section of the wiring space does not exceed 75 percent of the cross-sectional area of that space.
(3) A warning label is applied to the enclosure that identifies the closest disconnecting means for any feed through conductors.
I can't enforce that yet.Dennis said:That was rewritten in 2011. Look at art. 312.8