Anything visibly wrong with this?

[srdaniel]

I was actually reading a post about installing natural gas lines to someones garage and the post got off on a tangent about his electrical box seeming to have lots of issues and probably wouldn't pass inspection. So I thought I'd post a picture of the electrical box in my garage and see if anyone sees issues with it (as I'm not an electrition).

Here is the link to the thread I was reading about where it starts getting into the electrical box topic.

Here is a picture of my electrical box. (If the link doesn't work let me know and I'll post it elsewhere.)

 

[dimarcelli]

Are your ground and neutral wires both on the same bus bar? Looks like they are to me, if so they should each be isolated. Other than that, looks fine to me. Breakers should be sized to the smallest wire in the circuit, but you probably already know that.

 

[nwav8tor]

I agree with dimarcelli, if your bax in the garage is a sub-panel powered from the main panel in your house, the neutral and ground bars should be seperate and isolated. If the garage panel is fed directly from a meter, then it is a main panel and the neutrasl and grounds can be on the same bus bar.

Paul

 

[pattenp]

If your garage is detached the panel will need a main disconnect if you ever put more than 6 breakers in it. 6 breakers is the max allowed by the NEC in an outbuilding circuit panel without a main disconnect.

 

[mrjaw14]

I agree. 6 breakers is the maximum allowed before a main disconnect is required. No the circuit breaker on the other end of your feed run doesn't count

You DO need to isolate the gnd and neutral since it's a sub panel. gnd and neutral are only combined at the mail panel. That's a safety violation because technically a gnd fault can back feed on the neutral and hurt someone. Also for a detached garage you need to drive one or more ground rods.

The only other potential violation I see is there's no plastic bushing on the feed conduit protecting the conductors. This wasn't required until the latest NEC came out. They're cheap and easy to install

Nice wiring job man! I love to see clean, neat, well done panels. yours looks a lot better than a lot I've seen