Bossrox
Solar tinkerer
If you have for example a DC 2 pole 200 amp breaker & combine both poles, my thinking is it'll now trip @ 400 amps. Would that be a correct assumption?
Update: OK, I had to do this test on my own to find the true answer.
Got the breaker capacity test done. This is the way it is... A double breaker with both sides combined will be whatever the rating capacity of the breaker is. It doesn't double it like I was thinking. However from a reply to my earlier post about this, combining 2 identical independent breakers in the same way, WILL double the amp capacity. I then removed 1 of the jumpers & tested again & capacity was reduced in half as expected. My inverter at full output will draw 300 amps so bad news is my 200 amp double breaker isn't strong enough to carry it above 65% load. Here ya go with the video of that test.
Update: OK, I had to do this test on my own to find the true answer.
Got the breaker capacity test done. This is the way it is... A double breaker with both sides combined will be whatever the rating capacity of the breaker is. It doesn't double it like I was thinking. However from a reply to my earlier post about this, combining 2 identical independent breakers in the same way, WILL double the amp capacity. I then removed 1 of the jumpers & tested again & capacity was reduced in half as expected. My inverter at full output will draw 300 amps so bad news is my 200 amp double breaker isn't strong enough to carry it above 65% load. Here ya go with the video of that test.
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