jodil Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 A master eletrician lives in this house and insists this is ok... 100amp Square D, taps off top lugs feed single breaker sub below.. His rationale he shoved down my throat was that 1. Its ok cuz its a Square D 2. The feed has to come from somewhere (haha that makes me LOL) Your thoughts? Click to Enlarge 71.63 KB Click to Enlarge 118.48 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 A master eletrician lives in this house and insists this is ok... 100amp Square D, taps off top lugs feed single breaker sub below.. His rationale he shoved down my throat was that 1. Its ok cuz its a Square D 2. The feed has to come from somewhere (haha that makes me LOL) Your thoughts? He should be ashamed of himself for defending such work. - Jim Katen, Oregon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Moore Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 Its ok cuz its a Square D So...some Square-D breakers are designed to be double-tapped, therefore you can tap the main lugs like that? Great logic! Is that also his reasoning for the multi-tapped neutrals? Jodi, hopefully there's a higher designation than "Master" for electricians in your area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bain Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 Y'know, it really comes down to emotional maturity. The pig-headed ones draw their lines and dare you to prove them wrong. Someone with more sense would admit he was in a hurry the day the sub-panel was installed, and he just never got around to correcting it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Raymond Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 He's not only pigheaded, he's sloppy and cheap. Big-Box-Mart has 200amp Square D panels with nearly all the breakers included for like a buck fifty. Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Kubs Posted March 17, 2009 Report Share Posted March 17, 2009 Ya, ok. Tell him to put it in writing with his name and State license # on it. If he's enough of a dim whit to do it, then bring it and the pictures to the State licensing board. Could send it all to Square D also, just for shits & giggles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karmann33 Posted April 6, 2009 Report Share Posted April 6, 2009 Is he really a licensed master or a weekend warrior? He has several issues that aren't code compliant. You can't put a price on your family's safety. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmiller Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 Never OK to double lug that way. Essentially those conductors have no adequate OCPD, and would have to melt and catch fire to break the circuit, if an overload occured. It is just wrong, wrong , wrong...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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