How To Wire a House Main Electrical Panel Load Center & Layout Tips Full Step By Step Process 200Amp
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Published 2018-08-25
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In this video I explain exactly how I wired this panel and do my best to share all of the important information that you would need to wire a new main panel or load center.
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All Comments (21)
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That is hands down, the most organized service/sub panel that I have ever seen and I've inspected hundreds through the years. I find myself faced with upgrading my son's out of date electrical panel and decided to refresh by watching YouTube vids. Your methods and explanations are top-notch. People find it odd that most inspectors are not electricians, we are just code enforcement and actually doing the work may seem straight forward, but you've done a great service here and I appreciate it.
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I was an electrician my first 12 of 20 years in the military. We always made things nice, easy and neat for the next electrician. It’s always nice going into a non rat nest. Unfortunately most companies only care about getting to the next job and speed. Great video!
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As a 30 year GC this is clearly the best looking panel I’ve seen .... You must have had an awesome teacher ....keep up the good work !!
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You are very meticulous, an impressive job. One tiny suggestion for your consideration: when putting a pair of romex in the same connector, I like to have the rearward one protrude beyond the frontward one by 1/4" or so - this lets me easily see which romex a wire comes from if I'm tracing wire paths.
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Over 30 years since I did my first and I learned a lot! Now in my fifties I think I am turning OCD and I love the tips you gave. Love to see a young chap so clean and professional. Thank you!
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10 hour job with the cameras rolling. My experience is cameras double the time required to do a task. Nice work. New subscriber here.
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A panel like this needs some nice lighting inside and a clear acrylic cover. It's a shame not to display this work of art.
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This is the level of neatness I want to be at as an apprentice. Frickin beautiful panel.
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When doing main panels I like putting all of the high amp 2 poles on the top and going down in order of amperage, 50, 30, 20 and so on. Just seems neater to me seeing all the breakers cascade down like that. Great install and very clean, you really should be proud of this, seen units installed by "qualified" electricians that don't look nearly this good.
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good job guy. I'm a certified master electrician and can appreciate your attention to detail also really nice to see I'm not the only one that enjoys the gift of being able to work . we are supposed to work with our hands God bless
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As someone who inspects panels daily, your comment about the tag being perfect since nobody will see it gave me a good laugh. Its so true and I can say I absolutely love when I pull a deadfront and its done so cleanly. Nice work 👍
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I was an electrician for 10 years ago. I got injured not from electric but from a car accident since then I cant work anymore.so now all I do is just love watching the electrician brothers whose taking the time and pride in their work . I myself do the same thing its feels good knowing the next person will soon come through your work and said nothing but wow who ever did this panel should be proud of it . So keep up your good work and share your knowledge so everyone will learned the good work u do
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I just love the pride that certain craftsman put into their product. I don’t care if it took you 10 hours, I think it was worth it too.
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Your patience is astounding. That panel looks great. Great job.
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The level of pride in your work is amazing. All panels should look like that neat.
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Holy smokes! I thought I did beautiful work. Hands down this is absolutely an electricians porn! Amazing my man! I am taking notes.
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As a fellow electrician, I enjoyed watching your video and appreciate your attention to detail. The plug on neutral panels are making it a bit easier and less cluttered than the pigtails. Stay safe out there!
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I’ve done a few myself, advanced DIYer, and I thought I did clean work...and I pride myself in doing cleaner work than most licensed electricians, but then I saw your work and said to myself, now there is a clean install, you did an excellent job!
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I had a friend who was an OCD electrician. His work looked like this but every wire was labeled, lamented page for a reference and every breaker labeled on inside of door. No guessing which breaker went where...It was pure artwork as this is...keep it up.
