Create connection using feed through lugs
Understand the difference between feed through lugs and breakers.
Step-by-step guide
Understand the difference between feed through lugs and breakers.
- Open the project E02_02.rvt. Ensure the current view is Power > Floor Plans > 1 – Electrical Room.
- Select panel board LP-1, right-click, and choose Create Similar.
- Place the panel board as shown and edit the tag to “LP-2”.
- From the Project Browser, open the 1- Lighting view.
- Select the lighting fixtures in the three rooms to the lower right, and from the Electrical Circuits tab, Create Systems panel, click Power.
- Use the Panel drop-down to create a circuit connected to panel board LP-2.
- In the Analyze tab of the ribbon, select Panel Schedules.
- Ensure LP-2 is selected and click OK.
- Open the view 1 – Electrical Room.
- Select panel board LP-2 and create a circuit connected to panel board LP-1.
- Because there are available slots on LP-1, you can choose Breaker or Feed Through Lugs for the Connection Type. Choose Breaker.
- Open the panel schedule for LP-1, and panel board LP-2 appears at circuit 7 connected through a breaker.
- Open the view 1 – Electrical Room and select the circuit between LP-1 and LP-2 using the TAB key and the mouse button.
- In the ribbon, change the Connection Type to Feed Through Lugs.
- Open the panel schedule for LP-1 and note that LP-2 is no longer connected through a breaker.
- 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.
- In the properties for panel board LP-2, change the Circuit Numbering Option to Continue Numbering.
- 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.
- Save the project.