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Default Load capacity of 200-amp panel

Doug Miller wrote:
In article , wrote:

Aside from the 80% rule,


Which doesn't apply...

you can't get 400 amps out of a 200amp
service.


Of course you can; it just depends on which circuits are in use. If you're
using only 120V circuits, you can get 200A on *each* leg. 200A @ 240V is the
same power as 400A @120V.

The service consists of two hots, and a neutral. That
means with a 200 amp service you can get 200 amps at 240V flowing
between the two hots. Or you could get say 150 amps at 240V plus 50
amps at 120V. /In the latter case you have 200 amps flowing on one
hot, 150 on the other hot, and 50 on the neutral.


Ummm....no. You could have up to 150A at 240V plus *100A* at 120V -- and if
the loads are distributed evenly across the two legs, the current in the
neutral is zero.


And, to make it perfectly clear, _only_ the two "hots" are on
overcurrent protection; the neutral is not.

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