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The grounds and neutrals do not have to be separated in the main panel if it is, in fact, the main panel. Sometimes there's confusion if you have a main disconnect/breaker outside by the meter. In tha …

You might want to think about installing a GFCI breaker in the sub panel that controls the existing GFCI outlets and then replacing the GFCI outlets with regular outlets. In my experience, the GFCI br …

Oh boy!! the guys will have a field day with this. Right off the bat, you're not allowed to double wire a terminal as was done in your first picture. The grounding and neutrals don't have to be separa …

Is there a reason you want to remove that disconnect? It looks like your feed it #10 and the Romex into the garage is #12. You could just remove the smaller cable and add conduit to you sub panel in t …

Using a larger sub panel will not be a problem but the breaker must stay a 50 AMP in the main panel. You can utilize the 50 Amp breaker in the hot tub panel as a connection point for the new wire run …

The metal strip is a bonding strip between your neutral bus and your ground bus. You'll notice it isn't connected to your neutral bus which is correct for a sub panel but unfortunately, the grounds ar …

The part number for the breaker you're searching for is: Eaton/Cutler-Hammer CH115GFI 1 Pole Circuit Breaker. The "CH" is important. ETN makes a "BR" breaker and those will not work in your sub panel. …

If the subpanel is for a EV charger or hot tub that will normally be used late in the evening, you should be OK. …

If you're only planning on serving only partial load of your house, your transfer switch would be mounted close to your subpanel with the outlet going back outside. …

My understanding is that connecting the appropriate wire size to a breaker larger than 50 amps will cause that wire to rub/rest on top of the neutral bus which could damage the insulation. You've got …

I appreciate your effort to try and combine outlets and wiring but it's usually pretty hard to do. Your welder will need a 40 Amp breaker, two hots and a ground. Your future RV would probably need at …

As far as using the existing feeds to power a sub panel, no you can't. You can't parallel cables that small. The good news is, depending on the size of your conduit, you could pull some THHN in it, af …

Normally you'd need the sub panel if for no other reason than to have a means to disconnect the sauna for maintenance. Since the sauna is in the same room you can go directly to it from the main panel …

You're probably trying to read voltages through the paint on the panel. Try taking the reading from a metal connector screwed into a knockout on the panel and to hot. If you don't get a good reading, …

That sounds like a good plan. Is there any chance you can replace the #14 AWG with #12 AWG? You might want to add more outlets in the future and if any new outlets added in any unfinished parts would …