Timeline for fuse panel and sub panel replacement with no ground to be found
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| Jun 5, 2019 at 18:54 | comment | added | Ed Beal | You can have more than 1 branch circuit in a junction box 120 or 240v , make sure the wire fill is appropriate for the box size. Note that 30amp 120v circuits are extremely rare, motor home receptacles is the place that they are common, other than they may be on motor load circuits but not normal for 120v in residential wiring. | |
| Jun 5, 2019 at 18:48 | comment | added | Ed Beal | If you run your equipment ground to the water pipe , most say that the bond must be made within 5’ of the pipe entering the home, code makes it sound like any place is ok and I have asked this question of several inspectors after quoting the code section and my responses were mixed with the 5’ rule to anyplace on the metal piping as long as 10’ is in contact with earth. | |
| Jun 5, 2019 at 16:53 | comment | added | Tom | Thank you for clarifying that point. One more question: Can I run two 30 amp circuits from a single junction box? The home run to the box is going to be protected with a 30 amp breaker. I know this is common for 120v, just not sure if that applies to 240v as weel | |
| May 31, 2019 at 15:43 | comment | added | Tom | The existing wiring is a bit of a challenge; they didn't carry a neutral to the sub-panel and I cannot find any connection to the water pipes- nor are there any pipes withing 20 feet of the Service Entrance. Is my only and best option may be to install the ground rods, ground the new breaker panel to rods as well as the incoming utility ground, and then run a ground wire to the water pipes? Thank you for your answers. | |
| May 21, 2019 at 15:02 | history | answered | Ed Beal | CC BY-SA 4.0 |