I am installing a new GE subpanel (main lug) in my basement. The panel, rated for 125 amps, is fed off of a 100 amp breaker.
I noticed the following. The panel has slots for 24 breakers, and the inside of the panel door says that 24 breakers are allowed. However, the ground and neutral busses have 16 wire locations each, where each location is a hole into which a ground or neutral wire is fed and then screwed in place.
Why is this so? I mean, why would a panel allow 24 breakers and have busses that are smaller than necessary? Does code allow for ground and neutral wire locations to be doubled up? What if I want to install 17 breakers in the panel?
My work will be inspected with it is complete, so it must be completely code-compliant.
Thanks,
mh