No question, Doug is sharp, but I think it's the NEC that is misleading. The
table he quoted, says exactly what he said, but the paragraph before that
table clarifies that "feeders" actually means the main power feeder between
the main disconnect and panel







"Colbyt" wrote in message
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My post to this top post is at the bottom.

"RBM" rbm2(remove wrote in message
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That table only applies to dwelling services and their "main power
feeder" not to feeders in general




"Doug Miller" wrote in message
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In article , Bud--
wrote:
Doug Miller wrote:

For a 100A 240V feeder, you need three 4ga copper wires (type THHN or
equiv)
for the two hots and the neutral, and one 8ga copper wire, bare, for
the
equipment ground. And that's going to mean a pretty substantial
conduit.

Actually you need 3ga. 4ga is ok for a residential service. This is a
feeder.

Yes, I know it's a feeder -- I referred to it as a feeder. (see above)

Refer to NEC 2005 Table 310.15(B)(6) Conductor Types and Sizes for
120/240-volt, 3-Wire Single Phase Dwelling Services

****and Feeders****

Conductor Types RHH, RHW, RHW-2, THHN, THHW, THW, THW-2, THWN, THWN-2,
XHHW,
XHHW-2, SE, USE, USE-2.

AWG 4 copper is rated at 100 amps, AWG 3 at 110.

It's precisely *because* it's a feeder that 4ga is permitted -- if it
were a
branch circuit, it would need to be 3ga as you say.

--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.




For the OP. I am betting on Doug in this contest. I have never seen him
give a response that I considered wrong.


Colbyt