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CEA 101-Types of Branch Circuit Components

1. A homerun is the wire that runs from the first device in an electrical circuit back to the electrical panel, bringing incoming power to the circuit. 2. A feeder is a wire that runs between two breakers, such as between two electrical panels, or from a breaker to a disconnect and then to equipment. 3. A service entrance conductor is the wire that brings power from the utility connection to the main electrical panel or service disconnect.

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CEA 101-Types of Branch Circuit Components

1. A homerun is the wire that runs from the first device in an electrical circuit back to the electrical panel, bringing incoming power to the circuit. 2. A feeder is a wire that runs between two breakers, such as between two electrical panels, or from a breaker to a disconnect and then to equipment. 3. A service entrance conductor is the wire that brings power from the utility connection to the main electrical panel or service disconnect.

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CEA 101 – Types of Branch Circuit Components

1. Homerun
A homerun is a specific term that means “comes from a breaker.” A lot of
receptacles and light switches have jumpers between them, but only the wire/ cable that
goes from the first device in the circuit, back to the electrical panel, is called the
homerun. This is to help identify it as the conductor that is bringing the incoming power
which is very useful for both wiring and troubleshooting the circuit.
Homerun is a wire that graphically represents the wiring of a circuit to a central
location that acts as the distribution point for the power, typically, a panel. You do not
need to connect the home run to the panel.
2. Feeders
Feeder describes a wire or cable assembly that leaves a breaker and goes to
another breaker. We call the wire running between two panels a feeder for this reason. In
other case, sometimes there are feeders that run from a breaker to a disconnect, then
down to a piece of equipment, then back up to another breaker in a new panel. These are
all still considered feeder.
In electric power distribution, Feeder is "voltage power line transferring power
from a distribution substation to the distribution transformers." In an electrical wiring
circuit in a building which Feeder is a "wire/line that carries power from a transformer or
switch gear to a distribution panel."
3. Service Entrance Conductor
A service-entrance conductor is a wire that comes into the service. It connects the
utility power to the meter and main disconnect out at the service. In that service panel,
you’ll most likely have breakers, which will have either feeders or branch circuits leaving
from them.
Service entrance conductors or "service feed wire" run from the weather-head
(exterior point of attachment) from the utility pole to the electric panel (usually the circuit
breaker box). For most homes, the service entrance conductor will be located on or near
the roof and tie into the overhead electrical lines.
4. Branch Circuits
A branch circuit though, is any circuit that branches off to multiple devices. It is defined
as that part of an electric circuit extending beyond the last circuit breaker or fuse. The
branch circuits start at the breaker box and extend to the electrical devices connected to
the service. Branch circuits are the last part of the circuit supplying electrical devices.
These circuits are classified in two different ways, according to the type of loads they
serve or according to their current carrying capacity.
5. Multi-wire Branch Circuit
A multi-wire branch circuit is simply when multiple circuits are run together in
the same raceway or cable assembly, often sharing a neutral (grounded) and ground
(grounding) conductor.
A Multi-wire Branch Circuit (in the electrical code) is defined as a branch circuit
that consists of two or more ungrounded conductors (two or more "hot" wires) that have a
voltage between them (they are not on the same electrical phase and so are connected to
different buses in the electrical panel), and a grounded conductor (the neutral wire) that
has equal voltage between it and each ungrounded conductor (hot wire) of the circuit and
that is connected to the neutral or grounded conductor of the system.

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