Plug-on neutral device and kit

A switchboard or panelboard assembly comprising:

• a bus assembly disposed interior to a switchboard or panelboard, the bus assembly including a phase portion having one or more phase buses and a neutral bus adjacent to the phase portion;
• and
• a plug-on neutral (PON) device for coupling to the neutral bus of the bus assembly when installed on the bus assembly, the PON device comprising:
• a housing defining:
• a phase cooperation portion configured to physically cooperate with the phase portion of the bus assembly and stabilize the PON device when installed on the bus assembly, wherein the phase cooperation portion is configured to be electrically isolated from the one or more phase buses when installed on the bus assembly;
• and
• a neutral cooperation portion configured to physically cooperate with the neutral bus and to physically stabilize the PON device when installed on the bus assembly;
• a current path, the current path being conductive and having a bus end and a termination end;
• an electrical connector disposed at the neutral cooperation portion, the electrical connector having an external end and an internal end, the external end being configured to electrically connect to the neutral bus, the internal end disposed internal to the housing and configured to electrically connect to the bus end of the current path;
• and
• a lug assembly having one or more terminal lugs, each terminal lug configured to receive current from an external neutral source via an aperture in the lug end of the housing, each terminal lug being electrically conductive and configured to electrically connect to the current path.

A method of installing a plug-on neutral (PON) device on a neutral bus of a bus assembly disposed interior to a switchboard or panelboard, the method comprising:

• arranging the PON device for a phase cooperation portion of the PON device to physically cooperate with a phase portion of the bus assembly, the phase portion including one or more phase buses, the phase cooperation portion being configured to stabilize the PON device when installed on the bus assembly and to be electrically isolated from the one or more phase buses when the PON device is installed on the bus assembly;
• arranging the PON device for a neutral cooperation portion to physically cooperate with the neutral bus and to physically stabilize the PON device when installed on the bus assembly;
• electrically connecting the neutral cooperation portion to the neutral bus;
• securing the PON device to a support frame of the assembly;
• and
• connecting a neutral source to the PON device, wherein the PON device is configured to provide a current path for current to flow between the neutral source and the neutral bus.