Height of Sub panel/Electrical Box
cutter2010
13 years ago
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Installing a 100A sub panel off a 200A main panel
Comments (7)Thanks to sierraeast for straightening my goof-up out & Bill,that's a pretty good detailed work-up about what I've got planned. I'm going to study it at length,but you confirmed my basic original thoughts about how to accomplish this. Your charts and guidlines will be very helpful as I fine tune this. The point about installing the panel in the garage/interior wall cavity was a great heads-up....I was going to do just that. If I surface mount the sub panel in the garage on top of the firerock(perhaps in a firerock plenum) then I should be OK ? I had planned to run all the garage wiring in conduit anyway. I should add the additional rooms(12' firewall between the garage/shop & living area) will be 8' ceiling height in an area that is 12' tall(this leaves a 3&1/2' loft/storage area above those rooms). This will also make those areas easier to wire/insulate/& run HIVAC plumbing. Thanks very much for the information.... back to the drawing board..LOL...Dave...See MoreMoving Electrical panel Box
Comments (6)It should only take several hours for an electrician to disconnect the wires and rotate the box if that was all that was involved. However, it's hard to tell what all is happening in that box. For example, it looks like there are wires coming out of the bottom of the box that are going somewhere else, and there may also be some splices in the box that are not to code. How much these issues add to the time I can't say. Also, you are aware, aren't you, that the electrician will have to cut out sheetrock above and below the box to pull the wires through and then reinstall them once the box is turned? And you are getting a permit, right?...See MoreA couple more sub panel questions
Comments (28)So far so good. I have learned that ground rods are harder than I initially thought, and more difficult to drive. I got the first 4' in within about 5 minutes. After that, I could no longer pull it out of the ground, and had to go to beating it in. I have a 3lb drilling hammer, and initially I was concerned with harming the rod, so I was trying to pad it with wood as I beat it. I don't recommend this :) I put the clamp on the thing, and commenced to wetting the ground and beating on the rod. I have another 8" left but now I have to dig my trench to bury the other wires. I have a hammer drill, but for the life of me could not figure how to employ that without some special bit (which I didn't have). Anyway, back to trenching which I am not looking forward to, after which I get to run wires through the studs and stuff. My ceiling is less than 8' high, any good recommendations for lighting? Looking for the most bang for the buck, easiest maintenance, and longest life. You know, I want everything for nothing :) I am considering fluorescent or LED but haven't decided which. If I go with LED I will put cans in, but if fluorescent I will only put up outlet boxes. Unless there is something else out there to consider?...See MoreSub-panel Wiring and Grounding
Comments (6)A really, really, good time to ask about this stuff is before you start the work. Older code versions allow you to use a 3 wire feed from the main disconnect on the pole, but you have a 4 wire feed there you're not using. You should hook up the unused #2 and use it as the neutral and the #4 as the ground, both hooked to the same buss at the pole disconnect. Then at the shed the neutral buss should be isolated from the panel and the #2 and any neutrals attached to it and the #4 attached to a ground buss, installed extra if needed. The conduit from the shed to the cabin should have another #2 installed for a neutral (assuming aluminum here)and the #4 again used as a ground . There needs to be a ground rod or 2 at each panel (one panel per structure assumed). The neutrals and grounds need to be separated in the panels. Prior practice would allow you to use the neutral as the ground as well, and you probably could here but it doesn't make much sense as the 4th wire sounds like it is present in most of the installation. The whole idea is to get the metal housing of the panel out of the current carrying business, which it does in a 3 wire system. A neutral failure in this configuration puts line voltage on the metal housing where a 4 wire doesn't....See Morecutter2010
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