nathenking
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Darn, cant figure out how to get my pics on....
Wiring in a Subpanel. (pics)
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nathenking
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There we go...
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Sweet it worked... The first shot is the cutler-hammer 100 amp main panel.... The second shot is when I attached it to a 2ft by 30 inch peace of wood.... and the 3rd shot is the wire that Im gonna use to run from my main 200 amp panel to the subpanel in my room... the wire chosen was #4 aluminum... Rated for 95 amps....
JeepBeep
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Tough to tell from the pics, but if its a MCB (main circuit breaker panel) take your secondary feeders (from your panel to sub panel) land it into the 3/p breaker and walla your on the right path. Also it seems your using AL. Just make sure you sized your wires up to accomondate for the current loss for AL. What size sub is it?
nathenking
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Pic #1- #4 wire into my main 200 amp panel
Pic#2- Close up of #1
Pic#2- Close up of #1
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Thanks jeepbeep... Ive already finished... just posting my pictures of my step by step process i took. I only ran a 60 amp breaker from my main to the sub but used #4 alum just in case I need more amps down the road....
The sub will be in my room with whatever kind of recepticals/amps coming off of it.... Learned all my info from bricktown and Victorviscious... Those guys are awesome and have the patience of priests.... lol
The sub will be in my room with whatever kind of recepticals/amps coming off of it.... Learned all my info from bricktown and Victorviscious... Those guys are awesome and have the patience of priests.... lol
JeepBeep
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Ok well you will need a 100a 3/p breaker in there to land that wire into. Make sure you know what your doing when working on you live bussing. then land it in your new panel, flip the breaker and your good to go.
JeepBeep
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Be carefull when oversizing your wire, you are not offering any protection to your breaker, if you hook up a load to big then it can overheat your board and before your breaker will even trip it can start a fire. AL is nice becuase it light, but it can become very brittle.
Hopefully you wont be having this inspected =P
Hopefully you wont be having this inspected =P
nathenking
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I wont be running over 60 amps for sure... If I do I will upgrade the 60amp breaker on the main.... Lets say I do run 70 amps... what your saying is that the 60amp breacker wont trip?????
thanks bro....
thanks bro....
nathenking
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But my damn iphoto is not letting me... fuck!!!!! It will let me add different photos but not the ones of the wiring.... I dont know whats going on.... As soon as I figure it out I'll get em up.....
JeepBeep
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Yes it wont trip initially those breakers take a large high voltage (arcing ect.. to trip) it all deals with the HZ rating, but you will be feeding it over the amprage which will cause the wires to heat up over time all the while the breaker wont trip. Breakers are not meant to be a guidline on how much to put onto it, they are meant for when a load of appproriate size gets a short then that short (high current will trip that breaker) You can be killed by the shock way way way before any breaker ever trips.
nathenking
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Ill be good though If I keep it under 60 amps though... Right??? Im only gonna run like 40 at the most right now...
thanks Beepjeep
nathenking
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Right on brother.... thanks for the advice.... Have a great day... Im gonna add to your respect also....
JeepBeep
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thats way it is called Electrical Theory, and not Electrical Science