Recent content by FelixWankel

Wow. Why on earth would the inspector suggest I do that then? Hahaha. I may not fully understand electric principles like that but I figured out through a lot of reading and perusing this forum it was a no no. Now to finally get that heater wired up...

So I'll leave the bonding screw out of the subpanel I guess. What exactly is the issue if you have both the main and subpanel bonded?

Update! Just had the inspector over today and passed with flying colors. Strangely, he mentioned I should have the green bonding screw installed on the subpanel. I was under the impression you only want the main panel bonded and NOT the subpanel?

Thanks for the compliments, I appreciate them all. Here's some pics of the other end of the project. Again, it was quite a wrestling match with that 1/0 SER cable but in the end I had my way with it more or less. This is where the cable travels into the garage above the walkway to some stairs...

Thanks for all the good advice so far. Now I've got to fill in that gap around the EMT with some fire resistant caulk, paint that plywood, and get the thing inspected. I want to post up a pic of the main panel just in case anyone might notice some red flags I'm not aware of.

100amp garage subpanel version 2.0. No more cable clamp in box, emt cleaned up a bit.

Went with SquareD QO 20 circuit panel, 100A, hopefully way more than I'll ever need. But when you start running a few things on dedicated circuits it adds up fast, heater, compressor, welder, lighting, etc. Garage is about 1000sqft also.

Yep, the wall is 6in deep, need more than that to make a 90deg bend with that monster SER cable

Thanks for clearing that up. I misinterpreted the code as to where the cable needs to be clamped. I'm gonna redo the way the conduit passes through the wall and enters the subpanel so I can get rid of the spacer and get a plastic bushing on the inside of the box. The rest of the cable is...

Not sure how else I could've the EMT connection at the breaker box. I'm under the impression that the SER cable needs to be clamped at both panels per code. Never saw a connector or other piece of EMT that would allow me to both clamp the cable and put a plastic bushing inside the box. If...

I agree it is ugly now but I'm not finished yet! After I'm done running the emt around the garage I plan to give it a much more finished look. Probably even "frame" it, kind of a surface mounted flush hybrid type dealio if you will, then fill in the gaps around the plywood, paint, etc. I've...

Thanks for the input Ace. It was quite a chore to manipulate that gigantic SER cable. I initially wanted to flush mount the subpanel but opted to surface mount it to make future wiring and running EMT all over the garage easier in my opinion. That left me to run the cable up through the...

Hello! I've been lurking around here long enough I thought I'd share my first "real" garage project that was made possible with a lot of very informative and helpful threads in this forum. I've been a long time gearhead, racer, and now engine builder, hopefully someday car builder. Two years...