Electrically Challenged

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Originally Posted by mark

I've got a 125A panel with spots for 48 breakers.

There is a minumin number of circuits required based on the size of service then usually additional based on what the loads are (as some things require dedicated ccts). It's not expected nor is it likely that each breaker will be running 100% and if that ever was to happen then you are protected by the main service breaker.

Yes that is correct, what I was trying to say but alot simpler.