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AssigneeEaton Corporation
InventorsBrendan Arthur Foley, Jeffrey Alan Doneghue
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A load center is upgraded by removing the existing load center and replacing it with a renovation load center. As the existing incoming and branch circuit wiring may not be sufficiently long enough to reach the proper terminations in the replacement load center, renovation terminal blocks are provided in the renovation load center adjacent the penetrations of the external wiring to which the incoming lines, and if necessary, the branch circuit wiring are connected. Cabling is then provided between the terminations on the renovation terminal blocks and the appropriate load center terminations. The renovation terminal block(s) can be housed in an auxiliary enclosure mounted adjacent to a main enclosure containing the load center interior or all of the components can be housed in a single renovation enclosure.
A renovation load center for a distribution system having incoming lines and a plurality of branch conductors each including at least one hot conductor and at least one neutral conductor, the renovation load center comprising:
A method of upgrading an existing load center in a distribution system having incoming lines and branch circuits each including a hot conductor and a neutral conductor with a renovation load center, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.