Originally Posted by
Jerome W. Young
Here is the scenario:
rewired home; has been wired to support a generator; the 400 amp main is located in the generator panel; the wiring from the meter to the 400 amp main is [2] 1 AWG service wires double tapped into the 400 amp breaker; the wires leave this 400 amp breaker and service what was the old main service and now is a non service equipment panel which still has a 300 amp breaker- the wires are also double tapped into this breaker.
So far ...
Those two 1 AWG go from one breaker to another breaker, acting as parallel conductors. Do I have that right? *IF SO*, then that is not allowed as the minimum size for parallel conductors is 1/0 AWG.
Then you also have multiple tapped terminals which I doubt are rated for two conductors - so connecting parallel conductors there is not allowed even if two 1/0 were used.
The above makes everything else moot as these need to be replaced with the proper conductors, which will change the rest of the items anyway.
