Questions tagged [electrical-panel]
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Low voltage at receptical!
I have only 1 receptacle being designated to 1 individual breaker, so when I shut the main breaker off I only lose power in that one receptacle in the entire house.
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Can I add a 60 AMP EV circuit to an existing 200 AMP service?
I've noticed similar questions on here but can't help asking my question anyway (thanks for your patience).
I've got a 200-AMP Service from the power company. Breakdown of breakers looks like this:
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Is my new electric/subpanel plan correct?
I currently have 100A service and I want to upgrade to 200A. At the same time, most of the wiring in my house is old and I don't trust it. Finally, the current main panel is in a bad place in the ...
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Garage heater wiring
I am getting a garage heater(240v 30a) it is suggested that it is hardwired to the panel. I was wondering if I am able to use the dryer outlet that is in my garage it is rated the same(240v 30)(...
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Can I use a 6AWG ground wire for a 100A feeder that has a section SER 1-1-1-3 and a section THHN?
I'm running a feeder to a 100A sub-panel. The total run is about 90 feet. 60 feet is in an attic, and I'm planning to use Aluminum SER 1-1-1-3, the other 30 feet is through a 1.5" PVC conduit on ...
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Was my inverter damaged during testing?
Can a Sun Gold, model LFPV10KW, solar inverter be damaged if one or both of these things are done:
the inverter's terminals are shorted together while attaching the 220amp battery to the inverter. ...
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Connecting a 90 Degree PVC Sweep to a Main Panel
Can I glue a male threaded fitting to the end of a 90 degree PVC sweep, and use that to route conductors through the side of my main panel? I don't know if I have seen that, usually it's LB conduit ...
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Why can't I find a plug for inside a breaker box
I'm doing some work with power tools at a location nearish to the breaker box, but pretty far from any outlets. I'm guessing I haven't found a fused breaker-box outlet because they aren't made because ...
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Cause of lights flickering in one room, running dryer causes momentary power outage?
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The cause ending up being the tape around the two 110v wires had broken and the two "terminals" (sorry don't know correct terminology) were making contact.
The recessed lighting in ...
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Consolidation of many circuits from breaker panel using nearby junction box
I am combining a bunch of underutilized circuits, pulling them out of the breaker panel into an 8x6x4 junction box above it where I will combine about 10 cables into 3 circuits fed to the breaker ...
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Where can I install a subpanel if there isn't room alongside the main panel? [closed]
I have a 200A service in my garage left of the garage door on an outside block wall in Florida. There is not enough room left of the existing service to put in a sub panel. The panel is mounted ...
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What conduits/nipples/bushings do I need to connect a 400a meter base to dual disconnects to dual 200a panels?
Lots of info on configuration can be found here: 400 amp meter base to dual disconnects to dual 200 amp panels. What wire?
There's a 3" conduit feeding underground service to the Meter base. It's ...
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400 amp meter base to dual disconnects to dual 200 amp panels. What wire?
AHJ: WA State L&I. POCO: Mason County PUD #1
I'm feeding two 200 Amp panels from a 400 Amp (320 class) meter base. I've seen the Siemens combo, but our POCO requirements mean it can't be used. ...
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applying duct seal inside electrical pvc conduit
I am installing an ev car charger in my attached garage and running pvc conduit from my main panel in the basement through the wall into the garage. What is the recommendation for using duct seal ...
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No power to circuit and breaker not tripped
I’m having an issue with a 15 amp breaker that feeds electricity to my living room. I plugged in an electric heater last night and it ran for a few minutes before it started making a loud sound. I ...
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Building cupboard around corner-flush consumer unit
I have a consumer unit that is right in the corner next to my front door and I'm wanting to make the space a bit more useable for storage etc. The consumer unit is in its own metal enclosure so is ...
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Correct wire size for main panel after automatic transfer switch install
I have a 150 amp main electrical panel. I had electrician install an automatic transfer switch for a whole house generator and I am unaware of the original gauge wire used before the install. After ...
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Can I safely remove the handle tie from a 2-pole breaker?
The 15 amp thin GE series 2 pole breaker comes with a handle tie.
Can I remove this so that they can trip independently rather than shutting down 2 independent circuits?
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How to Split 240v 50A circuit into 2x 120V circuits
I have a 240v 50amp service circuit and I would like to split it into 2x 120v circuits, something like the image below.
How would I do that, junction box of some sort? And specifically, how would I &...
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Max *possible* breaker height
I'm hanging a subpanel in my garage. The feeder is coming in from the bottom. If I mount the panel right side up, the topmost breaker slot is well below the 6'7" max-from-floor NEC requirement. ...
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Can I put four outlets on each of two 20A circuits in my garage? [duplicate]
I turned my garage into a woodworking shop. I currently have a single 20a circuit in the garage and I want to add more using the same 3/4 EMT conduit. I've installed 240a circuit so I feel comfortable ...
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240V Four Prong Outlet - Inconsistent Behavior
An odd issue arose with my dryer outlet, and I am more concerned than initially. Below are the chain of events:
Dryer:
Samsung dryer spun, but did not heat
Replaced heating element
Plugged in, did ...
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Panel Ground Wire Routing
The space between the right side of the panel box and the grounding bar is only 1/2" making getting the wires in and out a bit tight. But running it in between the neutral And ground bars there ...
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Can a breaker for a sub-panel be located at the bottom of the main panel?
I will be installing a sub panel with a 100A coming off my main panel which is a standard 200A panel. Is it fine to put that 100A breaker at the bottom of the panel or should I move everything down 2 ...
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Use existing subpanel for EV Charger
I would like to install an EV Charger (Juicebox 32, 32A / 7.7 kW) in my garage.
In the garage we do have an existing sub-panel, however the panel seems to be full (see picture ).
The main breaker is ...
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How can I add a neutral to my subpanel?
I have a 60a subpanel on the side of my house for the pool equipment. There are only two conductors and a ground. Originally the only things that were probably connected were the pool pump and heater, ...
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Can I use grey PVC to go from breaker panel to underground run to hot tub?
I want to run grey PVC schedule 40 conduit down the wall from my breaker panel outside and through an 18 inch deep trench back to my hot tub. I'll terminate the conduit at a Cantex box at ground level ...
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Can I safely add a 50A EV charge circuit breaker to a 90A panel?
I have a sub panel mounted next to my main panel that is supplied with a 90amp breaker. I would like to add a 50 amp breaker to handle a 14-50 plug for an EV charger.
My question is can the sub panel ...
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Surface mounted PVC pull box below main panel
So, I was going to just make a few comments to clarify things as requested but “it” suggested instead that I edit my original question. Since this is my first post on this “exceedingly invaluable to ...
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Connecting 4/0 feed wires to a 200A Challenger Main Panel: Can I use these lugs?
I have two 200 Amp Challenger Main panels in my garage. I am running 255ft of AL wire (4/0 4/0 4/0 2/0) through an underground conduit to a new 200 Amp Square D Homeline subpanel in an outbuilding.
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Can I use a larger bus bar in this panel?
As a followup to this question of mine, I'm now uncertain if I can add another dual-pole breaker to this subpanel at all.
The bus bar on the left side has only one slot left, and the right side is ...
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Breaker keeps tripping after replaced
My garage breaker tripped out of no where about a week ago while we were at work. It kept tripping after resetting it. The wire goes underground from the panel and into the garage.
At the first ...
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Existing service panel has grounds on neutral bus and neutrals tied to grounding lug!
Opened this panel which serves a well pump on my property and was surprised to find the grounds bolted to the neutral bus bar, and the neutrals wired together to the grounding lug. I am pretty sure ...
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Off Grid Solar System - 250 amps of Inverter capacity - What load center do I use?
I have four Sol-Ark 15k inverters (Although I'd like to size things so that I have room to add more in the future if needed). Each inverter can supply up to 62.5 amps of continuous power. So 62.5 ...
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Do all circuit breakers move to the offset position when they shut off the circuit?
I was running the vacuum cleaner in my bed room this morning and suddenly the outlet went dead. I went to the power box and saw that all the circuit breakers were on. I then turned off the circuit ...
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Electrical Upgraded Wiring to Detached Garage? Future Proofing
I'm having a new power line run out to a detached garage that is about 50 feet from the main house and another 25 feet to the box inside to the main panel, so a total run of about 75 feet. Currently I ...
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Primo Water Dispenser Suddenly Tripping Circuit Breaker
I have a top loading Primo water dispenser. Model # 601130, found here on Home Depot's website, as I couldn't find this particular model on an official Primo site.
Listed on back of dispenser:
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Why circuit breaker trips randomly?
Have a finished bedroom in basement which has its own circuit breaker (15 amp).
There are 3 recessed light and 6 outlets in the room.
Each recessed light has max 9 watt capacity.
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Correct way to secure SER cable?
I am running 250-250-250-3/0 SER from an outside disconnect to an indoor breaker panel and want to make sure I am properly securing the cable where it enters each box. The problem that I am running ...
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How can I replace the buss in my breaker panel? [closed]
Would like to replace the interior bussbar assembly for a Siemens G2040MB1200 loadcenter. Loadcenter is full and the back box is in a finished wall so replacing interior buss assembly is the desired ...
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questions for old 3 wire feed to detached garage subpanel with disconnect added
i am looking for confirmation than an older garage subpanel feed was correctly wired to meet an older code and is not unsafe.
there is a 3 wire feeder from the house service in underground pvc conduit....
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is electrical insulated hand glove enough for household electrical work
The circuit breaker panel cover is metal so it might shock if one of the wires inside get damaged and it might come in contact with the panel cover.
The use case is when one of the tripper goes off , ...
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Why would you wire 120v outlets to a 240v breaker? [duplicate]
I moved into a new house a few months ago, and I had a rather rude realization today that ALL of the outlets and light fixtures in the master bedroom, living room, family room, hallway, guest bathroom,...
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20 amp Circuit breaker GFCI and CAFCI
I'm confused on usage of these 2 breakers on a 20 amp circuit for outlets. All outlets are inside of house except kitchen and bathroom but few are located in a crawlspace also. Which one would be more ...
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Will adding heat pump second stage overload my service? [duplicate]
The first electrician who installed the 200 amp panel didn't want to connect the 2 stage HVAC, so only connected 1 stage. However, now the heating hasn't been able to keep up in winter. The new ...
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Replace two 15amp breakers for one 30amp subpanel
I’ve searched a bit and I don’t know if this has been asked or attempted but…
Basically I want to run a few commercial grade pieces of equipment that have 240v plugs. My current situation is this:
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How should I power a shed before the house is built?
I want to bring power in to an undeveloped lot, where the first thing I want to build is a shed/shop. This will be the main base of operations while I begin constructing the main house. Since I will ...
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Can you identify what gauge wire this is?
I had my electrical panel updated by a pro a few years back and this wire was on a 50amp breaker. When he updated the panel, he changed it to a 30amp breaker.
The wiring is aluminum and is from the ...
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Grounding in a main panel and indoor subpanel
Our outdoor main panel does not have a ground bar, but there is stranded bare wire that leaves the panel and goes through conduit into the ground. We want to add breakers to this box for a spa panel, ...
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Can I have a larger breaker in a sub panel than the size of the breaker in the main panel feeding it?
I have a 200amp main panel and a 200amp sub panel, a foot apart in my house. Concern I have is from the main panel a 100amp breaker feeds the 200amp sub panel. Is this correct?
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