Create connection using feed through lugs

Step-by-step guide

Understand the difference between feed through lugs and breakers.

1. Open the project E02_02.rvt. Ensure the current view is Power > Floor Plans > 1 – Electrical Room.
2. Select panel board LP-1, right-click, and choose Create Similar.

3. Place the panel board as shown and edit the tag to “LP-2”.

4. From the Project Browser, open the 1- Lighting view.
5. Select the lighting fixtures in the three rooms to the lower right, and from the Electrical Circuits tab, Create Systems panel, click Power.
6. Use the Panel drop-down to create a circuit connected to panel board LP-2.

7. In the Analyze tab of the ribbon, select Panel Schedules.
8. Ensure LP-2 is selected and click OK.

9. Open the view 1 – Electrical Room.
10. Select panel board LP-2 and create a circuit connected to panel board LP-1.

11. Because there are available slots on LP-1, you can choose Breaker or Feed Through Lugs for the Connection Type. Choose Breaker.

12. Open the panel schedule for LP-1, and panel board LP-2 appears at circuit 7 connected through a breaker.

13. Open the view 1 – Electrical Room and select the circuit between LP-1 and LP-2 using the TAB key and the mouse button.
14. In the ribbon, change the Connection Type to Feed Through Lugs.
15. Open the panel schedule for LP-1 and note that LP-2 is no longer connected through a breaker.

16. Open the panel schedule for LP-2 and note the circuit numbering. It is connected to LP-1 using feed through lugs, and the circuit numbering for both panels is the same even though they are connected.

17. In the properties for panel board LP-2, change the Circuit Numbering Option to Continue Numbering.

18. A final review of the panel schedule for LP-2 shows the circuit numbering now continues from the last circuit number shown on the panel schedule for LP-1.

19. Save the project.