Recent content by Jmanb13

I'm not worried about loose connections, I have almost all of my conduit installed and I have gone through every connection at least twice now and checked for tightness. Also if your looking for wrenches, this is what I bought and they work wonderfully. I've cranked pretty hard on them and have...

I have paid someone else to do something for me a half dozen times in my life. It has been a train wreck every time and I've had to fix or redo it myself. I care far more about my stuff than anyone else ever will.

Awesome! Thanks guys.

I'm planning to run some surface mounted EMT around my garage to add additional 240v circuits. I know EMT can be used as the grounding path which would save me some fill space inside the conduit. My question involves grounding the EMT to the panel. Since my panel is flush mounted, my plan was...

I've read that fill capacity for a ****** (conduit shorter than 24") is 60% instead of 40% for normal conduit. Based on online calculators, that means I could use a 1.5" x 3" EMT ****** connecting the 2 boxes and then put (3) 2/0 + (1) #1 ground through that and only be at 40.1%. Heck a 1.25"...

I think we are saying the same thing. Convert it back to its factory setup with the 2 top bus bars connected together with the strap, and the grounding tab NOT connected. Then add additional ground bars in the blank spaces at the lower left and lower right of the box. That way wires coming in...

Ahh so your saying leave the bonding strap between the 2 top sets and run them both as neutral then add additional ground bars to the bottom left/right spots that are blank? The old panel that I replaced was setup just like I currently have it setup so I configured it the same. I removed the...

Got the box replaced and most of it buttoned up. All I have left is to mark the white wire as hot (couldn't find my electric tape), move my garage circuit to this box, and add a surge protector to the main box. I might go ahead and have a electrician come out and run a sub feed to the 2nd box...

Thanks to all the suggestions I went ahead with a 200 amp, 30 space - 60 circuit main panel. Will be 100 amp feed from main panel and the 200 amp breaker will just be a disconnect. If in the future I need more amperage it will just be a matter of moving to a feed through/sub feed lug setup with...

:thumbup: I might have to run a snake up through the tube to see if I can figure out where it goes. Good call! Both my panels are EATON BR panels. Figured to save cost I would stay with that style to be able to re-use my breakers. The 24 space was the biggest I found that wasn't a full main...

Thanks for the assistance! Went ahead and ordered a 24 slot sub panel. Should work out really well :)

My only reason for not doing a bigger sub panel with more spaces in the first place was because of possible load on the sub panel. My electric heater + compressor + plasma cutter (all could be running at same time) all on the same sub panel would be right @ 100 amps. If any of the other small...

I'm in Norman Oklahoma. My main thought for the 2nd panel was because of the loads that are currently in it and may be in it in the near future. I know that certain tools are only going to be operated one at a time, but with what I plan to put in the sub panel plus what is already in there I...

My garage shop is expanding and I want to add a subpanel to cover all the 240v tools I currently have and will have in the near future. I have a question about if code permits adding 2 subpanels over/under each other. I've tried searching but its a somewhat unique question and I haven't found...

Wow! That is a awesome garage! Super jealous :D