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aharper1 · #1 5/17/07, 4:16 PM

There is a 100 amp breaker and a 50 amp breaker, is the fifty amp not in use anymore? just does not seem right, any help would be great

~~Marc D. Shunk~~ · #2 5/17/07, 5:02 PM

The fitting entering the back of the panel appears to be missing a locknut.

The 100 amp feeder to the indoor panel appears to only have an EGC, and lacks a neutral. Unless the indoor panel only has 240 volt loads, I suspect very much that they are using that EGC as a neutral, and have that subpanel set up as a 3-wire feed. Not only is this improper for a subpanel, but that #6 copper EGC is undersized for use as a neutral, even if you could use it that way.

The 50 amp breaker must have went to a packaged outdoor hot tub that is no longer in use.

brian winkle · #3 5/17/07, 8:44 PM

I have never seen load side feeders re enter the service side like that. Shouldn't the service side be sealed and reserved for the POCO?

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