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Can I wire smart switch to two panels?
I've seen some similar questions but not my exact situation (forgive me if I missed it).
I am wanting to replace a switch that controls the light in my swimming pool with a smart switch.
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Separating Ground and Neutrals in Mainpanel before installing sub panel
I'm planning to get a 100 amp sub panel installed in my garage but got conflicting opinions on a point from different master electricians. The point is one electrician is saying it's a must to ...
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240v panel-no neutral
This is the culmination of a few posts (Disconnecting 240 hots without disconnecting neutral?, 240v only subpanel, no ground?) to see if this seems right.
I had a subpanel A with 20A double pole ...
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How to fix bonded neutral and ground in subpanels
I am selling my home and the buyers inspection says the bonded neutral and ground must be corrected. How should I fix this?
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Neutral and ground seperation at a sub-panel
Could someone explain to me why the neutral and ground bars are never bonded on a sub panel? It's my understanding that the reason they're separated is so that the current returning on the neutral ...
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Where do I attach the Ground and Neutral inside a sub-panel?
I'm wiring 100 amp subpanel to detached Garage with 2/2/2/4 copper. I'm hoping to replace the subpanel to my detached garage which was previously wired to run on a 40 or 60 amp subpanel with like 6 ...
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Ground Bus Bar on Sub Panel
I was working on a house with a sub panel for a shed/workshop. The sub panel was fed off the house main panel via 2pole 50A breaker. The sub was a load center type with no main breaker. The neutral ...
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Safest way of temporarily working with a failed 4-wire outbuilding subpanel (one missing hot leg, neutral bonded ground on both ends)?
This is actually a multi-pronged question. I will ask it all and split out what I can as needed.
I am renting a remote out building in a rather rustic location on a farm. The power situation here was ...
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Subpanel or not? Neutral and ground bonded?
How do I fix the AC unit to be connected properly to its circuit?
How should the AC Unit/Garage/Subpanel be setup?
Maybe I can separate the neutral and ground, then ground by connecting to the garage ...
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Replacing subpanel in detached building - yet another ground/neutral question
Here's the situation. I've added on to my detached shop/garage and need to upgrade the very small subpanel. The existing garage pre-dates the 2008 NEC by at least a decade, and is supplied by a 3 ...
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Where on the main panel do I put the ground wire for the sub panel?
The main breaker panel has the grounds and neutral hooked together and has bonding screw installed. Where do I put the ground wire for the sub panel? Do I put it on the neutral bare where the white ...
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