In article , XR650L_Dave wrote:
On Aug 28, 12:18=A0pm, "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh"
lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote:
stryped fired this volley in news:47e3d947-8830-
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WHy is this? If I do that the main breaker will be at the bottom which
seems odd.

You've asked a lot of what we thought were dumb questions before,
Stryper.

This pretty much kicks it.

To me, this is a question from a noob who realizes there is a reason,
does not know the reason, and would like to know the reason.
Dumb, to me, would be just ignoring the instructions and doing it the
wrong way.

True enough, as far as it goes -- but IMHO "dumb" also includes the inability
to figure things out on one's own. It should have been clear with even five
seconds' reflection that the farther the main breakers are from the point at
which the conductors enter the box, the more difficult it would be to install
them. The other considerations which Dave listed (bending space, etc) are less
obvious, but the difficulty of installation should have been plain had the OP
given the matter *any* thought at all.