Carried over from the "Residential Homerun" Thread

Residential Homerun

OK, I'll get the Ball A-rollin'...

System is 208Y/120 VAC 3Ø 4 Wire.
Panelboard has 200 Amp Max. load.
Batman has been captured by the Penguin... oh wait, now it's the other way around... (must add humor).

We have a series of Modular Furniture, which is 40 Feet from the Panelboard (AKA Sub Panel).
The Mod. Furniture of concern has 12 Workstations total - split up into two sections (6 W/S "on the left", 6 W/S "on the right").

We will run two "Full Boats" ("Full Boat = 4 Wire Multiwire Circuit) from the Panelboard to the Mod. Furniture, via a common 1" Raceway (EMT in this case).
One "Full Boat" feeds the 6 W/S "on the left", and the other "Full Boat" feeds the 6 W/S "on the right".

Branch Circuitry per "Full Boat" will consist of 3 # 12 THHN cu for the Ungrounded Conductors, 1 # 10 THHN cu for the Grounded Conductor. To Bond the Raceway, an additional # 12 cu is included for the Equipment Grounding Conductor.

Circuit Breakers in the Panelboard for these Branch Circuits are 20/1 (20 Amp single pole).

Load Current per Line (L-C Loads) will be 12 Amps Max.

THD (Total Harmonic Distortion) is <10%

OK, let me know:

  • Is this NEC compliant?
  • Will it work?
  • Is this a Design Issue?
  • Does this example make sense?
  • Will the Penguin escape once again?


Feel free to present any information you wish.

Scott35


Scott " 35 " Thompson
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