 wa2ibmPremium
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San Jose, CA | reply to nunya
Re: Home Electrical panel. (Any Electricians on here?) Am I missing something here?
From the photos, it looks like the panel in the photos is an interior panel and not where the meter is installed. If so, there must be an entrance meter/main disconnect outside somewhere. Given that, wouldn't that make the pictured panel a sub-panel? And, if so, why aren't there separate ground and neutral buses?
I also see two wires attached to the top-right breaker. Isn't that a no-no?
All reasons for a new panel with more spaces.
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Fort Lauderdale, FL
kudos:3 | said by wa2ibm:I also see two wires attached to the top-right breaker. Isn't that a no-no? Not if the breaker is listed for use with two conductors.
Wayne
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 leiboldPremium,MVM
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Sunnyvale, CA
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said by wa2ibm:Am I missing something here?
From the photos, it looks like the panel in the photos is an interior panel and not where the meter is installed. People in other parts of the country find it extremely weird to see an electric panel on the outside of the house (which is the normal location for it here).
If this were indeed a subpanel you would be correct with the problems that you are pointing out but given that the OP is talking about 100A service this does appear to be the main panel.
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AsherN
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Thornhill, ON | reply to wa2ibm
said by wa2ibm:Am I missing something here?
From the photos, it looks like the panel in the photos is an interior panel and not where the meter is installed. If so, there must be an entrance meter/main disconnect outside somewhere. Given that, wouldn't that make the pictured panel a sub-panel? And, if so, why aren't there separate ground and neutral buses?
Likely geographic. OP is in PA. In the north it's standar to have the panel inside. In Canada, I've never seen a panel outside. |
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wa2ibmPremium
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San Jose, CA | said by AsherN:Likely geographic. OP is in PA. In the north it's standard to have the panel inside. In Canada, I've never seen a panel outside.
Well, duh, right. I should have remembered (from way too many years ago) when I lived in the Hudson Valley, NY. My service only had an external meter and the main panel and disconnect were in the basement, with ground and neutral bonded there.
There I go shooting from the hip again. . .
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