It looks like we will be able to have more than 42 breakers in a panel
come 2008, depending on local adoption. NEC 408.35 is going away if
things proceed as they seem. That would be a good thing with panels
being stuff full of AFCI breakers. Now they can be spaced apart in
larger panels (though you might not want to space them at every other
position unless you at least put them at the other positions on the
other side).
So how big will braker panels get? I see they have them as large as
84 slots in Canada, so I presume we could see those showing up here
around 2008.
come 2008, depending on local adoption. NEC 408.35 is going away if
things proceed as they seem. That would be a good thing with panels
being stuff full of AFCI breakers. Now they can be spaced apart in
larger panels (though you might not want to space them at every other
position unless you at least put them at the other positions on the
other side).
So how big will braker panels get? I see they have them as large as
84 slots in Canada, so I presume we could see those showing up here
around 2008.