I have been thinking (yes, smoke has been rising)
I'm not an electrician, but am in charge of our facility and have a decent knowledge of how things work
Anyway, I want to have some distribution equipment replaced due to the age and condition of it.
I always specify Schneider Acti 9 boards or Powerpact 4 boards
These boards wont require anything bigger than 63a 3ph, so ill be ok with an Acti 9 board, but the total load is likely to be around 200 amps over an 18 way board. I was thinking that sounds a lot to put through a DB as a continuous load, but the website implies that its going to be fine. Is this right? I'm visualising a heating effect etc, so what point do you stop with a DB and go to a panelboard? Usually, if I need to supply something larger than 63a, I know ill need to have a panel board and can budget accordingly
Anyway, as I said, I'm just thinking out loud in preparation for budgeting
