Electrical subpanel fed from a subpanel: is this allowed?

ov_of _nm Posts: 1, Reputation: 1

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Jul 9, 2009, 04:06 PM

Electrical subpanel fed from a subpanel: is this allowed?

Hello:

Can I feed an electrical subpanel (or two) from a subpanel to the main?

Thanks for your help!

stanfortyman Posts: 5,598, Reputation: 279

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Jul 9, 2009, 06:18 PM

You sure can. :cool:

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