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Whom ever put the "do not remove" sticker on that knockout wasn't even smart
enough to get it right side up. I'll bet there's just another breaker socket under it.


The sticker was probably put there for the initial installation, which generally requires
that a pair of (opposing) 120V legs be left unused for future (240V) expansion.

If that's actually the case (open it up to find out), then the dryer could now use
those two slots, unless there's some other relevant code requirement here.

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Code requires that the feed be large enough to run everything at once.


Mmm.. I'd like to see a real citation for that somewhere.

Standard code is a 200A panel for up to 40 circuits.
Figure the minimum of 15A per circuit, we get 600 total at 120V.
Dividing by 2 for 240V gives us 300A of circuits on a 200A panel.

Cheers


Edited by mlord (01/12/2007 11:23)