my friend has a 200 amp breaker box in his basement fed underground with
2/0 copper and a 200 amp meter base. can i connect to his line side of his
breaker with a 2 lug splitter to feed a 200 amp box in a outbuilding. the
splitter i bought is from a electric supply store and is rated for a dual
transformer connection?


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On Fri, 01 May 2015 01:44:02 +0000, ron
wrote:

my friend has a 200 amp breaker box in his basement fed underground with
2/0 copper and a 200 amp meter base. can i connect to his line side of his
breaker with a 2 lug splitter to feed a 200 amp box in a outbuilding. the
splitter i bought is from a electric supply store and is rated for a dual
transformer connection?
I would say no. You have a 200 amp feed. You cannot fuse it for 400
amps. What you CAN do is feed the outbuiulding with a 100 amp 220
breaker in the first panel, and a 100 amp panel in the outbuilding.

On Thursday, April 30, 2015 at 10:18:28 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Fri, 01 May 2015 01:44:02 +0000, ron
wrote:

my friend has a 200 amp breaker box in his basement fed underground with
2/0 copper and a 200 amp meter base. can i connect to his line side of his
breaker with a 2 lug splitter to feed a 200 amp box in a outbuilding. the
splitter i bought is from a electric supply store and is rated for a dual
transformer connection?
I would say no. You have a 200 amp feed. You cannot fuse it for 400
amps. What you CAN do is feed the outbuiulding with a 100 amp 220
breaker in the first panel, and a 100 amp panel in the outbuilding.

yes that sounds good

On 04/30/2015 09:44 PM, ron wrote:
my friend has a 200 amp breaker box in his basement fed underground with
2/0 copper and a 200 amp meter base. can i connect to his line side of his
breaker with a 2 lug splitter to feed a 200 amp box in a outbuilding. the
splitter i bought is from a electric supply store and is rated for a dual
transformer connection?


he might get away with it until he goes to sell the place...and then some
inspector will flag it....and he'll have to pay a pro to fix your hack job.

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On Fri, 01 May 2015 01:44:02 +0000, ron
wrote:

my friend has a 200 amp breaker box in his basement fed underground with
2/0 copper and a 200 amp meter base. can i connect to his line side of his
breaker with a 2 lug splitter to feed a 200 amp box in a outbuilding. the
splitter i bought is from a electric supply store and is rated for a dual
transformer connection?

If you connect to the load side of the disconnect, you are legal but
you still need to do a load calculation.


How about using a logsplitter instead?