Recent content by RyanEricW

Welders should always be plugged directly into the wall on it's own dedicated circuit if possible, never had an issue with 120v/240v welders this way

Thank you.

No. Neither of you know me personally, and like his comment, yours contributes absolutely nothing to the discussion.

I have to move the main panel because a bathroom is going there, which means both would need to be rewired anyway. Before I dare say something incorrect again, what's the correct way to do a load calculation? Right now I have about 30 breakers between the two panels, so you guys really think...

What relevance does that have behind a theoretical situation that I'm trying to understand?

The 2 x 40s are across from each other in the picture Didn't we just say the same thing?

This is a theoretical number, as the picture attached is a newer panel, unknown origin

From what I gather it means these 2 x 40s is acceptable on a 200A stab rating shown in this picture. But if each breaker was "100" on each side I would literally be at the limit for that stab or metal protrusion inside the box

I was taught that the panel should never exceed double the breaker rating for reference. Meaning a 100 AMP panel should never exceed 200A worth of breakers. A single 200A panel would mean I could put 400A worth of breakers in safely Using 2 x 200A panels would mean I could put 800A worth of...

Stab clarification - Most Square D QO or HOMELINE panels are supplied with "double row" bus bar construction. This means that the bus bars will have branch circuit breakers plugged onto the bus bars from the left and from the right. The "bus stab", "bus finger" or even "connector finger" is...

Your comment is completely unnecessary

Well then maybe the electrician I learned all of this from was completely wrong. Time to do more research then

I get that and appreciate that, I'm always down to learn new things probably like the rest of us. All I have to go by is the panel manufacturer recommendations. If they made a 100A panel, protected by a 100A circuit breaker, and it says 280 max amps, 140 per stab and it's currently sitting at...

The buss bars are theoretically overloaded by the total CB amperage On the panels - "Maximum rating sum of all breakers 140 per a stab" That's 280 max amps Basement 1 is setup to allow 395A it's a safety hazard, not to mention I have zero room to add on

This isn't fine, the main panel is overloaded. Actual load is irrelevant because right now it's possible to overload the buss bars and possibly start a fire. Right now the house isn't being fully utilized, so sure there aren't any issues, but as more stuff is added, this is going to become an...