Recent content by ProjectX

Hey Guys, sorry I haven't updated this thread. Life got in the way so the fridge project got pushed to the side. I did do some work on it after posting the original post and still not useable yet. I ended up having to cut the top of the fridge open where the top door mount went since the...

The rest of the fridge looks pretty good, not other damage to the body other than scratches from it bouncing around in a garage. It looks to me like something heavy fell from above and landed on that corner of the fridge pushing down the door and the door hinges. The person I got it from said...

Thanks both of you. I think I will try to massage it back into place as described and see how that works out. The real concern is the front edge where the door seal would fit, it is caved in a bit and I would imagine would not give a good seal. Good advice though, I'll see what I can do with...

This board was amazing when I didn't my sub panel project and no way was I going to get that right without the help of The Garage Journal so I'm back with another project looking for some advice. I got a brand new fridge for free that was damaged on the upper left corner where the door hinge...

I didn't add any ground bars and I'm only using one of them. The small one on the right came installed in the panel. I don't see myself adding any more than 2 more circuits in the future since this is my attached 2 car garage. Also I didn't torque the screws but I dd wiggle them and tighten...

Ok guys, I made the suggested changes and hopefully I having everything correct now. I went with a 70amp breaker in the main panel, turned the 220v plug around, marked the white wires with black tape and moved the grounds to the outside of the ground bar. If all looks good then next phase of...

Damn really, yes that is #2 alum. Great I guess I'll have to look for a smaller breaker because I'm definitely not changing out that wire lol.

Ok, I have some black tape so I'll put some on each of those and get that receptacle turn over. Mike93lx I'll probably leave those alone for now. I was pretty nervous pulling those breaker to move grounds at first but relaxed after a while lol. The conduit was a bit of a pain but got through it.

Ok so the receptacle needs to be the other way, I always wondered about the dryer with that. I'm not sure what you mean by the whites of the NM cables and what would I use to identify them as hots. Are you talking about the wires attached to the breakers in the sub panel?

Ok, I finally got this done unless you guys see something I need to change. I didn't realize I had some responses since I've been really busy with work all week. To answer a few questions, no I didn't add the far right ground in the panel, it came with that. I also tried to find online...

Ok guys, I'll be back on this this week making the suggested changes. Definitely a setback but I would rather get it done right. I pulled out my meeter and tested with the bonding screw in the right side (ground strap side) and I have a connection with the case, if I take it out the strap has...

No there isn't a strap tying the L and R bars together. Ok, I'll pull the wire out of the panel and use conduit all the way. So just be sure where I have the green wire is correct and I can use that bar for grounding the bare copper wires? The bar on the left marked neutral strap would be for...

Thanks for the responses. The green tape was temporary to designate which wire was the neutral wire when I pulled it so I'll get that remarked with white tape. I had removed a flat tip screwdriver green screw from the hole beside the current green screws (there was one in the panel and one in...

Ok guys I need some confirmation to be sure I'm on the right track with the sub panel please. I've got a question on where the "green" wire is connected.. You can see in the picture it is marked "Ground Strap" and tied into the lug at the top. Do I connect the bare copper grounds to the...

ok, I wish I new about the lube and rope trick, I'm sure that would have made things easier I'm sure. I could always tell when it was at a bend because the pull pretty much stopped dead in its tracks and took some real push/pull effort. I almost considered going with 1" PVC but I'm glad I...