Recent content by Neil Sakaitis

In all honesty, the "screws" on a 100A or 125A breaker are more like lugs from a clamping perspective, I just installed the SC cable and it clamped well, even without the copper foil. The neutral and ground were obviously not an issue as they were clamped into dedicated lugs (properly sized)...

JD also touched on some of my concerns, that a panel breaker is not designed (although will work) for soft stranded copper (like SC), as well as the possibility of the screw creating a hot spot as the cable crushes under it, essentially reducing the capacity of the cable.To be honest, I am...

Sorry for not being clear on my post for source of power, I had no idea other direction was even an option, tails feeding individual breaker (not main). My post was referring to powering tails off of a 100A individual Square D panel breaker.My concern was more about the breaker screw clamping...

I have #2 SC tails to CAMS. WIthout getting into the details of the setup and location, I was wondering if it is ok to directly feed the SC cable into a panel circuit breaker (Square D). My understanding is that only THHN wire should be used inside the panel, and lugs close more firmly around...

Not sure if this topic is still open or being monitored by folks here, but have a question. I am faced with this exact situation in a couple of months. I have a suitcase style single phase distro that has a mix of single 15A and 20A breakers and outlets. The venue I am setting up in has 3 phase...