On May 19, 7:08*pm, wrote:
On Tue, 19 May 2009 18:22:40 -0700 (PDT), fftt
wrote:



On May 19, 5:49*pm, "Bob(but not THAT Bob)"
wrote:
When the mfr specifies the max. # of breaker poles, are the 2 poles on
the main breaker considered in the total?

Is it kosher to wirenut 2 wires together and pigtail to a breaker

within a panelboard?

wire nuts in the panel are a no-no......I would wager that, that
prohibtion is nearly universal

that's why I usually install a LARGE box near any main or *sub I
install......gives a place to do this sort of thing and still be code
compliant

cheers
Bob

That is not true at all. You are allowed to splice in a panelboard
enclosure. The issue is "fill" and a wirenut has a fill adder of zero.

could you explain further?

tia
Bob