Mitus
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All of the 90 degree turns have panels on them. Also, we did not clue the pvc yet, just ran it, so if we get snaged we can pull it apart for a min and run the wire.
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bloatedcraig
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Ye man push the wires down a length of conduit then thread the bend on or if you are not using manufactured bends and have bent the conduit yourself with a former get some washing up liquid banged on it, trust me it does not degrade the issualtion of the wires, it gets a bit messy but it good clean fun.
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buggin69
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well i'd write down the wrong number.. by accident of course... probably accidentally a cheaper wire's number...How do you buy wire from home depot that you don't have enough money for?
I'll never tell...
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Mitus
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Ok, so we're ran all the from the sub-panel to the main panel and we're ready to connect the wires.
As I said before we're running both 240v and 120v off of this sub-panel. Can some one go over how I connect my 4 wires to the sub-panel?
Attached are pics of the panel w/ 4 wires hanging, ready to be hooked up... a pic of the 240v outlets that will be running off the sub-panel (i'll also be running a few 120v outlets)... and the breakers that will be in the sub-panel
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As I said before we're running both 240v and 120v off of this sub-panel. Can some one go over how I connect my 4 wires to the sub-panel?
Attached are pics of the panel w/ 4 wires hanging, ready to be hooked up... a pic of the 240v outlets that will be running off the sub-panel (i'll also be running a few 120v outlets)... and the breakers that will be in the sub-panel
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buggin69
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let somebody verify this but your two red wires need to be screwed down under the flathead screws on the right side of the panel... technically black on top and red on bottom but they are both hot legs of 120 so it doesn't matter AT ALL.
the white wire (neutral) goes under the flat head screw on the bottom... you'll need that for the third pin on the 240 and the second pin on the 120
and i think there should be a second separate block for the ground but i guess you could just attach it to the box itself and add that ground block later... or i think really you can wire it to the neutral but that negates it's purpose of offering an alternate route to ground in the event of a short or whatever
you'll notice the double breaker goes across both legs of the hot that's how you get 240
i'm no expert... but i wire my own house all the time and it's not burning down
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didn't' know if you knew what to do on the other side
hook the two reds to your 60 amp breaker... one under each screw... hook the green to ground in the main box or a sufficient ground somewhere.. hook the white to wherever the whites go in your box now... they aren't all exactly the same... you should be able to examine and figure it out
jigfresh
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Hey bro... sorry for ditching you.
I made a pic to show where the four go.
For the main panel... the green and white will go in the same type place as the sub... that long bar with lots of screws.... that's the ground bus.
Sometimes you run out of openings in the ground bus... in that case you can double up wires and put two in one hole. However... only put multiple small wires in the same hole.... the big ones you are running to the sub should get their own ground bus hole... make sense?
The reds in the main panel... will connect to both poles of the 60A double breaker you got.
I hope that is clear becuase I am offline all day tomorrow.
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Mitus
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You're the fukin man...Hey bro... sorry for ditching you.
I made a pic to show where the four go.
For the main panel... the green and white will go in the same type place as the sub... that long bar with lots of screws.... that's the ground bus.
Sometimes you run out of openings in the ground bus... in that case you can double up wires and put two in one hole. However... only put multiple small wires in the same hole.... the big ones you are running to the sub should get their own ground bus hole... make sense?
The reds in the main panel... will connect to both poles of the 60A double breaker you got.
I hope that is clear becuase I am offline all day tomorrow.
-Mitus
buggin69
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sorry i'm a bad direction giver... but that's what i was saying
Mitus
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Ok, so we've wired the sub-line to the sub-panel and are currently running the lines to each power box. We know how to wire the 110v outlets, but are not 100% sure how to wire the 240v outlets. Care to give a rundown fellas?
Here is some shots of the progress:
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Here is some shots of the progress:
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buggin69
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looks like you already have ground hooked up directly to the boxes... if you do this you'll also need to hook the ground from the sub-panel to the boxes
then you just need to run two wires from the double 20 breaker and hook one wire to each side of the 240 outlets
with 120 you hook up a hot a neutral and a ground
with 240 (3 pins receptacles) you hook up two hots and a ground (or neutral)... so basically do it the same except hook up a hot on both sides instead of hot on one and neutral on the other.. then just ground your boxes and you're good
I'm sure jigfresh will get you a graphic to show me up.. hehe
then you just need to run two wires from the double 20 breaker and hook one wire to each side of the 240 outlets
with 120 you hook up a hot a neutral and a ground
with 240 (3 pins receptacles) you hook up two hots and a ground (or neutral)... so basically do it the same except hook up a hot on both sides instead of hot on one and neutral on the other.. then just ground your boxes and you're good
I'm sure jigfresh will get you a graphic to show me up.. hehe