Where to exit my breaker panel at?

[Hot Chop shop]

Hello- Probably a common sense question but can anyone recommend the right way to run the wires for 240 out of my panel? I have done 240 on the opposite side of the panel for an outlet in the garage that was easy enough... but my question is: “what’s the right connection to exit my panel on the outside and go 8ft to the left to an ac shutoff box, that I’m installing for an ac split unit?”
The issue I have is my panel is flush with my house... so all the examples show the conduit under the box which I can’t do cause it’s flush... I hope that makes sense... I have added pictures of my box and project and also of what I mean by having conduit go straight down from the box. Maybe there is a
down and then turn out box that they make.

I could go right through the box to the inside and run against my garage wall then come out into the ac shut off box... but then I have conduit across my garage wall which doesn’t make as much sense.



If anyone can point me in the right direction or to a similar thread for guidance I would appreciate it.

Thanks!

 

[sparky 1971]

If it's just the garage on the other side of the wall, go through the back of the panel like you did before. Set a box, run the conduit along the inside wall to the desired location, then go back outside into the back of the disconnect. If the mini split is in an area that is not the garage, take the wire back outside while still in the garage, then run the conduit along the outside wall to the disconnect. I have had to do the same thing for an RV panel. Whoever decided that flush mount outdoor panels and meters was a good idea should be ******* and kicked in the nuts repeatedly.

If you wanted to get real creative, get an outdoor gutter that is at least 6" deep. Cut out the stucco below the panel and ****** them together. The gutter would then stick out far enough to bring a conduit out of it, but it would look like ****.

 

[teamextreme]

That looks like the same installs I encountered all the time when I was a sparky in CA many years ago. I had a trick that may or may not be kosher due to proper use and UL listing of fittings, but it works slick as hell. Unfortunately I don't have any pics, but I'll try to describe it.
Cut out the stucco below the panel immediately in front of a knock out that's closest to the front of the panel. Then take a 3/4" 90 degree sealtite connector and toss the internal pieces so you're just left with the 90 degree part and the threaded outer collar. Then you take a 3/4" chase ****** and set it inside the fitting with the threads sticking out. This is then held in place by the connectors threaded outer collar. Sometimes you have to file the corners of wrench flats on the chase ****** to get it to fit. The sealtite fitting mounts to the bottom of the panel in a normal fashion and you end up with 3/4" threads sticking out past the stucco that you can attach an LB to. You could use 1/2" I suppose, but I always opted for 3/4" to give more room if you're going through the trouble. The only concern is grounding, but anytime I did this the chase ****** was clamped in tight and I guarantee it provides just as good of ground continuity as any other fittings. Hopefully this explanation makes sense.

 

[Norcal]

That looks like the same installs I encountered all the time when I was a sparky in CA many years ago. I had a trick that may or may not be kosher due to proper use and UL listing of fittings, but it works slick as hell. Unfortunately I don't have any pics, but I'll try to describe it.
Cut out the stucco below the panel immediately in front of a knock out that's closest to the front of the panel. Then take a 3/4" 90 degree sealtite connector and toss the internal pieces so you're just left with the 90 degree part and the threaded outer collar. Then you take a 3/4" chase ****** and set it inside the fitting with the threads sticking out. This is then held in place by the connectors threaded outer collar. Sometimes you have to file the corners of wrench flats on the chase ****** to get it to fit. The sealtite fitting mounts to the bottom of the panel in a normal fashion and you end up with 3/4" threads sticking out past the stucco that you can attach an LB to. You could use 1/2" I suppose, but I always opted for 3/4" to give more room if you're going through the trouble. The only concern is grounding, but anytime I did this the chase ****** was clamped in tight and I guarantee it provides just as good of ground continuity as any other fittings. Hopefully this explanation makes sense.

Not kosher in the past, and still not kosher, there are bushed elbows made for the purpose, T&B cat # 460-TB for 1/2", 461TB for 3/4", 462, for 1", 463 for 1 1/4"

Information taken from page 41 of this catalog.

https://search.abb.com/library/Down...LanguageCode=en&DocumentPartId=&Action=Launch

 

[alfredeneuman]

A Bushed Elbow like NorCal says

 

[Hot Chop shop]

Thanks all for the quick responses! I have been searching the internet for a few weeks trying to figuring this out before using the tried true method of posting on garage journal for help. I even took the kids for some walks around the neighborhood looking at neighbors panels to see if anyone solved this issue and I could copy it. Surprisingly didn’t come across anyone. That connection is exactly what I had in my head... just wasn’t sure if it was completely against code and if it existed
Thanks again!

 

[teamextreme]

Yup, what they suggested above is exactly what you need and what my jerry-rigged fitting provided (just with male threads instead of female). My company didn't provide those and I was too young and dumb to know something like that existed so I improvised.