May 23, 2022 · It seems anytime you see images online of "feeder taps" like the example attached , they always show conductors physically tapped (spliced) onto feeder wires that …

Mar 11, 2022 · For discussion, the text in question: 2020 NEC 705.12(B)(2) Taps. Where power source output connections are made at feeders, all taps shall be sized based on the sum of …

Aug 30, 2016 · 250.122(G) Feeder Taps. Equipment grounding conductors run with feeder taps shall not be smaller than shown in Table 250.122 based on the rating of the overcurrent device …

May 20, 2014 · Feeder taps are covered in art 240.21(B)and there is several different situations in the sections that follow. A common example is to take a larger feeder conductor (with proper …

Feb 27, 2025 · Question in short: Does the NEC tap rule allow a feeder tap to supply more than one OCPD? Question in more detail: 240.21(B)(2) requires that taps under 25 ft terminate in a …

Nov 15, 2012 · I was looking thru the code book as it relates to feeder taps. Pretty obvious [or at least I thought] the definition of a feeder tap would be a tap of a feeder downstream from an …

Jul 25, 2022 · 240.21(B) Feeder Taps. Conductors shall be permitted to be tapped, without overcurrent protection at the tap, to a feeder as specified in 240.21(B)(1) through (B)(5). The …

Apr 10, 2014 · 240.21(B)(1)(3)(3) Except at the point of connection to the feeder, the tap conductors are enclosed in a raceway, which extends from the tap to the enclosure of an …

Sep 18, 2014 · Not sure what you meant by 'any circuit'. Conductors between the service and the final OCPD are a 'feeder' ( Article 100, Definitions, 'Feeder'. Feeder conductors with ampacity …

Jan 15, 2025 · is it permissible under NEC 240.21(B)(5) to extend a 70 amp 208/3 volt feeder from a circuit breaker inside a building underground to an outdoor wireway, then tap that …