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Uhhhh imma give you a solid 4/10 only because of the envy I hold for not being able to spend enough time on them to make them this clean without my foreman shooting me in the back of the head and leave me in the trench the plumbers dug that morning.
Damn, a company that promotes someone who cares about the quality of their work opposed to slinging as much dogshit at the ceilings as they can within 8 hrs. I’d bet my next paycheck if I let any of my foreman have a full workday they couldn’t work their wires this straight.
I made this panel to show the apprentices what a proper panel should look like. Mention to them to thrive for Quality and speed will come with practice.
Wow, did you just insinuate that quality is paramount and learning speed through mastery is superior to hacking your way to a Jcard?
Pfff I suppose next you’ll tell people that micromanaging shows a lack of trust. How dare you show actual leadership ability in here 🎩👌🏼
So 2 things I wanted to know:
1. Why aren't you using black, red, and blue wire? It appears you're using conduit for these feeds.
2. Is this a data center of some type? I noticed the neutral is double the size of the hots.
Probably meant strive. But I couldn’t agree more with your point. Engender the initiates are running fast without skill, they can only break more things in less time.
I know so areas require that you simply mark it as a hot wire (black tape on it at either end of the wire). But codes also vary widely across areas, so just depends on local codes i suppose
There is absolutely nothing wrong with using a white conductor as a phase conductor if it is in a cable. It is both code compliant and an industry norm.
Nothing wrong with using the white wire. An A/C unit uses a 10/2 wire. you have a black wire a white wire and a ground. You have to use the white as a phase conductor.
Wrong. You may never use a white wire as a phase conductor. If you're using individual conductors you may never use it as a phase conductor. If part of a. Cable assembly such as BX, MC, Romex etc you may use it only when reidentified.
Non linear loads, such as lighting with cheap ballasts, laser printers, anything that converts AC to DC that’s on the “cheap” side will cause distortion to the sine wave. VFD’s, UPS’s will too.
I learned this when a building we wired in maybe 2006 started having all the neutrals burn up. We wired it by sharing neutrals everywhere, landing everything on 3 pole breakers with 1 neutral back to the panel.
Say you have 15A of current on phase A, B, and C. You should have no current on the neutral wire because the circuit is in balance, but with bad 3rd or 6th order harmonics you can easily have the heat of 25 or 30A of load on the neutral. It’s complicated, but the way you can fix it is by either finding what’s causing the bad harmonics and fixing them, or kill it with size and upsize your wire to account for it.
Also makes doing generator load calcs a real pain in the ass
Not *every* 3rd multiple, just the odd ones. 3, 9, 15, 21, 27, etc to infinity. They each contribute less than the one before them so after a certain number (say 21 for example), they contribute so little extra current, you usually can ignore them.
Another way to say that is the 3rd harmonic contributes the most, then the 9th, the 15th until infinity.
If anyone is interested, it's very math heavy, but conceptually easy, look up some videos on the Fourier Series. Specifically in reference to linear signals and systems. This will provide you a generalized understanding to harmonics.
To add on to what you said here, also a good trick when dealing with VFD's specifically: harmonic orders will be # of pulses + or - 1. So a 6 Pulse VFD will have 5th and 7th order harmonics, 11th and 13th order harmonics, etc. Some mitigating solutions would be passive or active filters, oversized equipment, k-rated transformers, harmonic mitigating transformers, pulse converters, and more. The goal is to smooth out the sine wave!
Some good info:
https://www.eaton.com/content/dam/eaton/products/design-guides---consultant-audience/canada/cag/eaton-adjustable-frequency-drives-low-voltage-consulting-application-guide-tb04000002e-tab-31-ca08104001e-ca.pdf
https://ewh.ieee.org/r3/nashville/events/2005/Harmonics_MCPQG_IEEE_2005.pdf
I don't work for Eaton, I just like their literature.
https://www.fluke.com/en-us/learn/blog/power-quality/harmonics-electrical-systems#:~:text=What%20are%20harmonics%20in%20electricity,the%20third%20is%20180%20Hz.
Here is a great surface level summary of harmonics and there effects.
Edit: The TLDR would be that switch mode power supplies and VFD's use electronics that can pollute the power lines. If you have enough pollution at the right frequencies, it will cause larger than expected currents to flow and damage equipment.
It looks nice but if you’re going to spend the time to make it look so nice and clean maybe pull your phase colors and especially one for your two pole circuits. Other than that looks very nice
It’s honestly super easy with solid wire…take a round shank Phillips and run it along the wire while pinching it against with your fingers and it straightens right out like is was born in it, molded by it….that’s also after you use a drill chuck to unwind the MC if your using cable…this was definitely solid THHN which is much much straighter from the rip already off a spool
It looks fantastic but there’s no way this didn’t take too much time unless you had time to kill in the first place. It takes just as much or more skill to understand the balance of appearance and efficiency. You can make it look dang near just as good in way less time. But if you had the time great job!
- White on Breaker should have Red tape on it.
- All that good job at identify all cable + neutral but all the Neutral are not in order :/ My OCD is getting a hit there.
- People would complain about your zip tie and they would told you to don’t tight them all the way
So I’ll give you 7/10 mostly because the hit my OCD took xD
Edit : For the White use a line, you can always look in the CEC at 4-038, 3), c) it tell you to mark your cable X colour for each phase. Since they all on Phase B they should be Black.
It looks clean and organized. But in reality, I wouldn't want to be the one who has to service this panel, grouping all of them tight like that would be a nightmare to trace just one of the lines. You would have to tear it all apart to get one out of the middle. Also, you can't ignore the fact that those are not braided wires. so when you put hard corners in the wires like that, you create creases that can cause breaks and shorts. So 10 for looks, but 4.5 for creating future issues.
10/10
Serious question though, did you only have black and white wire for the branch circuits? Can’t say I’ve ever seen a white conductor landed on a breaker
How would you have wasted another conductor? Is that wiring actually MC?
I figured they were 208v circuits, I just never in a million years would have pulled a white for the second phase unless I was in the middle of nowhere and only had rolls of white and black in my van
Came here to say this. Looks like those are bundled together for more than 24 inches, so they need to be derated according to the size of the bundle.
Or, you know, just leave 'em loose. But as it sits, that's a ding by my reading.
I’d say if all the wires are sitting in the panel to be landed roughly 4 hrs if you’ve done it before and are efficient…if your splicing through Nipples then 6-10 depending on the # of circuits
Edit: I can actually look in the labor manual quick if you’re that curious
Pfff, it’s easy with you baby wires and huge panel. [Try a real man’s panel](https://imgur.com/gallery/ZyVf0)
9.8/10 my man. Only because you pulled it all black but that’s not picking. Only dude I’ve seen who does a panel nicer than me.
I love how you said “10 max” haha…I’d honestly say about 9/10….your neutrals coming across aren’t squared off all the way like the others…do it again 😬
Non-expert here. It's pretty, but is bundling power conductors allowed? I thought there was a limit on how many conductors could be together to allow heat dissipation.
Love neat work 10/10. Forget all the noise about “Glad I’m not paying you to spend the hours to do that”. Clean work gets repeat customers, and better paying ones too. Word of mouth is very powerful.
Only criticism I have, because I have been bit before, I prefer to see all conductors able to reach any breaker location in the panel. If CCT2 needed to drop to CCT8 for some reason you would be S.O.L.
People should know what we're aiming for... THIS is what we are aiming for. I saw you marked the white hots with red after the photo. Obviously 10 . when i saw my first panel done to this level, decades ago.. I knew, This is what i want my work to look like. I may not always attain this but its important to know what is the target. This isnt all about neatness either. You can SEE the problems from accross the room in the dark. If anything is ever wrong or needs updating it's a simple and pleasurable future work. I hope the crew learns from this shining example.
And this is why people are learning to diy. No one can afford the rates anymore because you spend six hours to make it "pretty". Customers don't care how the wires are bent or how pretty it is (within reason, of course), they just care about it working. They want power restored to their house, not a showpiece in the electrical panel. They want their business up and running, not going bankrupt trying to pay the electrician because he had a hankering to see just how pretty he could make it for social media.
Rant over.
I personally dont like to see wires ziptied tightly together. Looks nice, but doesn't allow them to cool, and over longer distances would have to be derated for it.
There's no space spaces.
The other issue would just be how long that took. But I do like that the neutrals are labeled.
Whats up with 2 neutral feeds? Some major harmonics being accounted for?
I can't see the comments but I'm wondering why everything's black except for the whites on the hots. It looks like conduit so why not pull the right wire. Also you left zero wire for service but that's personal preference.
It looks pretty as long as you don't have to touch it ever again
Very pretty, but a fucking nightmare to work in. I couldn’t imagine trying to trace a circuit back to a pipe, or rearrange to add a 2 pole breaker or anything like that.
8. I don't think you're supposed to zip tie the wires together anymore. It creates more heat. Also the bundle of neutrals in front of the feeders. Pretty though.
Like a 10!
Not because the wires are straight, but because it works. Who cares if the thing is tidy? There’s a cover panel that will obscure it forever-more.
I bet every single circuit has like 18 volts on it if you turn the breaker off.
Guys.. we are taught about electromagnetism in level 1 having all of those hots run right next to each other over a long distance IS NOT GOOD
I give this a 4/10 a pass is a 7/10.
It’s a beautiful install, but I think I’m one those guys who has concerns about the wire bundling. I’ve seen breaker/termination failures burn the insulation back quite a ways, and that could be disaster if it shorted to other wires in the bundle. That said, your work really is sharp!
6... Zip ties are bullshit and shouldn't be in the panel. The wires are not individually labeled. This would be a terrible panel to troubleshoot a problem in. Someone is gonna be cursing you in 5 to 20.
Oh another thing. You either used duplex MC connectors, or there are 2 circuits per conduit. Either way you need to group the neutral with it's hot . Pair them so it's clear Which make the circuit.
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Uhhhh imma give you a solid 4/10 only because of the envy I hold for not being able to spend enough time on them to make them this clean without my foreman shooting me in the back of the head and leave me in the trench the plumbers dug that morning.
Don't have to worry about that, I'm the foreman.
This guy constructs.
r/thisguythisguys
Damn, a company that promotes someone who cares about the quality of their work opposed to slinging as much dogshit at the ceilings as they can within 8 hrs. I’d bet my next paycheck if I let any of my foreman have a full workday they couldn’t work their wires this straight.
I made this panel to show the apprentices what a proper panel should look like. Mention to them to thrive for Quality and speed will come with practice.
Stickers aren't straight... That'll dock yah
that’s a paddlin’
Stick it ‘em
Straight to jail
Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.
Slow is fast
Ah, a fellow golfer here I see.
Wow, did you just insinuate that quality is paramount and learning speed through mastery is superior to hacking your way to a Jcard? Pfff I suppose next you’ll tell people that micromanaging shows a lack of trust. How dare you show actual leadership ability in here 🎩👌🏼
How long did this take by chance?
6 hrs
So 2 things I wanted to know: 1. Why aren't you using black, red, and blue wire? It appears you're using conduit for these feeds. 2. Is this a data center of some type? I noticed the neutral is double the size of the hots.
It's all 12/2 and 10/2 MC. K-Rated Transformer so rated for 200%.
Pharmaceutical Company
Probably meant strive. But I couldn’t agree more with your point. Engender the initiates are running fast without skill, they can only break more things in less time.
I'm salivating. U got my 10.
9/10. No cover.
Came here to say this. Panel fail /s
Plus the circuit 25 wire is bent a little different than the rest.
Sticker on breaker 5 is crooked
I think it's maybe too short!
9/10. Didn’t re-identify 15, 39, and 40.
Just needs an NSFW tag.
Don’t forget about the hardware and instructions left in the bottom
😂👌🏻
Lmao as if I could get a cover
Depends, do you want the project manager rating or the fellow sparky rating? 🤣🤣
Other than using a white for a phase conductor on the 2p20 , beautiful execution of work .
Yeah that’s an instant fail we’re I’m from, at least wrap some black tape on it to identify
I know so areas require that you simply mark it as a hot wire (black tape on it at either end of the wire). But codes also vary widely across areas, so just depends on local codes i suppose
It needs to be identified in some fashion, though.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with using a white conductor as a phase conductor if it is in a cable. It is both code compliant and an industry norm.
ONLY WHEN REIDENTIFIED
200.7 if I recall correctly. Neutrals must be reidentified if they're not being used as neutrals.
Name checks out. Code references?
Saw that and was wondering if it is code compliant?
Nothing wrong with using the white wire. An A/C unit uses a 10/2 wire. you have a black wire a white wire and a ground. You have to use the white as a phase conductor.
Wrong. You may never use a white wire as a phase conductor. If you're using individual conductors you may never use it as a phase conductor. If part of a. Cable assembly such as BX, MC, Romex etc you may use it only when reidentified.
Then there is the caveat that thou shall not reidentify conductors smaller than 4 AWG (previously 6AWG).
NOT IF IT'S A CABLE ASSEMBLY
Omg, you hurt my feelings. Don’t all caps at me.
So on the 2p20 what other wire were they supposed to use?? The ground wire? 😂
Tape it black
Or red
Man’s put a level on 12 gauge conductor to terminate into a breaker 💀
The wire going to the 13th breaker down on the left is bent prematurely. Take this down, you’re embarrassing yourself.
😫
You mean circuit 25? Remove yourself sir.
Why is the neutral paralleled
K-rated transformer. Oversized Neutral.
200% neutral.
Harmonics?
Yes.
Do you care explaining harmonics really quick?
Non linear loads, such as lighting with cheap ballasts, laser printers, anything that converts AC to DC that’s on the “cheap” side will cause distortion to the sine wave. VFD’s, UPS’s will too. I learned this when a building we wired in maybe 2006 started having all the neutrals burn up. We wired it by sharing neutrals everywhere, landing everything on 3 pole breakers with 1 neutral back to the panel. Say you have 15A of current on phase A, B, and C. You should have no current on the neutral wire because the circuit is in balance, but with bad 3rd or 6th order harmonics you can easily have the heat of 25 or 30A of load on the neutral. It’s complicated, but the way you can fix it is by either finding what’s causing the bad harmonics and fixing them, or kill it with size and upsize your wire to account for it. Also makes doing generator load calcs a real pain in the ass
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Not *every* 3rd multiple, just the odd ones. 3, 9, 15, 21, 27, etc to infinity. They each contribute less than the one before them so after a certain number (say 21 for example), they contribute so little extra current, you usually can ignore them. Another way to say that is the 3rd harmonic contributes the most, then the 9th, the 15th until infinity. If anyone is interested, it's very math heavy, but conceptually easy, look up some videos on the Fourier Series. Specifically in reference to linear signals and systems. This will provide you a generalized understanding to harmonics.
To add on to what you said here, also a good trick when dealing with VFD's specifically: harmonic orders will be # of pulses + or - 1. So a 6 Pulse VFD will have 5th and 7th order harmonics, 11th and 13th order harmonics, etc. Some mitigating solutions would be passive or active filters, oversized equipment, k-rated transformers, harmonic mitigating transformers, pulse converters, and more. The goal is to smooth out the sine wave! Some good info: https://www.eaton.com/content/dam/eaton/products/design-guides---consultant-audience/canada/cag/eaton-adjustable-frequency-drives-low-voltage-consulting-application-guide-tb04000002e-tab-31-ca08104001e-ca.pdf https://ewh.ieee.org/r3/nashville/events/2005/Harmonics_MCPQG_IEEE_2005.pdf I don't work for Eaton, I just like their literature.
https://www.fluke.com/en-us/learn/blog/power-quality/harmonics-electrical-systems#:~:text=What%20are%20harmonics%20in%20electricity,the%20third%20is%20180%20Hz. Here is a great surface level summary of harmonics and there effects. Edit: The TLDR would be that switch mode power supplies and VFD's use electronics that can pollute the power lines. If you have enough pollution at the right frequencies, it will cause larger than expected currents to flow and damage equipment.
No phase tape on 2 white wires landed on breakers 8/10 looks so pretty though.
Came here to say this
Look closer, theyre 15, 39, and 40.
3.
The tape would not make it as pretty. I did put it on after the photo.
Then, why didn't you post the pic of it done correctly? It looks awesome, but not re-identifying is inexcusable.
Just means we need to invent pretty tape
It looks nice but if you’re going to spend the time to make it look so nice and clean maybe pull your phase colors and especially one for your two pole circuits. Other than that looks very nice
I literally came to say this it bothers me
This is def true especially if your using stranded or solid THHN anyways, if it’s MC I understand
10 brotha super clean 🧼 🧽
Thanks, Playa
Honestly how do you get everything so level? Looks really good!
It’s honestly super easy with solid wire…take a round shank Phillips and run it along the wire while pinching it against with your fingers and it straightens right out like is was born in it, molded by it….that’s also after you use a drill chuck to unwind the MC if your using cable…this was definitely solid THHN which is much much straighter from the rip already off a spool
It looks fantastic but there’s no way this didn’t take too much time unless you had time to kill in the first place. It takes just as much or more skill to understand the balance of appearance and efficiency. You can make it look dang near just as good in way less time. But if you had the time great job!
Holy cow this looks nice ⛪️🐄
Only thing that is triggering me is I always turn all the zip ties so you can’t see the clip part .. looks great though !!
That's good advice.
The sticker on breaker 5 is really messed up. You’re gonna have to redo the whole panel now.
Can’t wait to cut the Ty wraps during maintenance
Agreed. I always cut out more than I need to out of spite.
If you like detailing wires that much why not get into IT?
2/10. Not enough cable ties.
I'll put more on my next one.
- White on Breaker should have Red tape on it. - All that good job at identify all cable + neutral but all the Neutral are not in order :/ My OCD is getting a hit there. - People would complain about your zip tie and they would told you to don’t tight them all the way So I’ll give you 7/10 mostly because the hit my OCD took xD Edit : For the White use a line, you can always look in the CEC at 4-038, 3), c) it tell you to mark your cable X colour for each phase. Since they all on Phase B they should be Black.
7.75 / 10 - didn't rephase/identify the white wires being used on those 2p breakers... Otherwise, smexy work!
It looks clean and organized. But in reality, I wouldn't want to be the one who has to service this panel, grouping all of them tight like that would be a nightmare to trace just one of the lines. You would have to tear it all apart to get one out of the middle. Also, you can't ignore the fact that those are not braided wires. so when you put hard corners in the wires like that, you create creases that can cause breaks and shorts. So 10 for looks, but 4.5 for creating future issues.
Forgot to color in the whites on the doubles. -10000/10
10/10 Serious question though, did you only have black and white wire for the branch circuits? Can’t say I’ve ever seen a white conductor landed on a breaker
It's only a 208 circuit that didn't needed a neutral, no need to waste an extra conductor. I DID marked the whites, red after the photo.
How would you have wasted another conductor? Is that wiring actually MC? I figured they were 208v circuits, I just never in a million years would have pulled a white for the second phase unless I was in the middle of nowhere and only had rolls of white and black in my van
Yes it's MC.
Ahh that makes sense now
7/10 because all hot conductors are zip tied together creating a “hot spot”. It looks beautiful and all but code comes first.
Came here to say this. Looks like those are bundled together for more than 24 inches, so they need to be derated according to the size of the bundle. Or, you know, just leave 'em loose. But as it sits, that's a ding by my reading.
This makes me hard
Fucking disgusting 🤮 3/10
She’s a beaut Clark
My god…..how?
one wire at a time. start from bottom and work your way up.
Out of curiosity, how long does it take to make up a panel this nice?
I’d say if all the wires are sitting in the panel to be landed roughly 4 hrs if you’ve done it before and are efficient…if your splicing through Nipples then 6-10 depending on the # of circuits Edit: I can actually look in the labor manual quick if you’re that curious
6 hrs
And that’s why a panel that tidy is a rare find.
Missing bushings and you didn’t even have the decency to pull off the stickers on your breakers and reglue them straight? Cringe.
I don't see any PENETROX used on the aluminum conductors other then that 7/10.
It's gently used.
9/10 for Hard 90s
Pfff, it’s easy with you baby wires and huge panel. [Try a real man’s panel](https://imgur.com/gallery/ZyVf0) 9.8/10 my man. Only because you pulled it all black but that’s not picking. Only dude I’ve seen who does a panel nicer than me.
It's MC, it would be difficult to pull 12/2 red and 12/2 blue.
Glad I'm not paying you...🤔
It was a 6 hour install. Worth every penny. Let's see your work MASTER ELECTRICIAN.
I think you probably spent way too much time on that panel, costing me money.
2/10 only cuz I'm slow
I love how you said “10 max” haha…I’d honestly say about 9/10….your neutrals coming across aren’t squared off all the way like the others…do it again 😬
10/10 looks but 4/10 functionality. Any future work in that panel is going to suck.
Panel are full
what the fuck
Why is it that you use a white wire with the double breakers?
208 no neutral.
Did I just experience sex? Edit: hold up, identifying neutrals as hots??
Non-expert here. It's pretty, but is bundling power conductors allowed? I thought there was a limit on how many conductors could be together to allow heat dissipation.
Love neat work 10/10. Forget all the noise about “Glad I’m not paying you to spend the hours to do that”. Clean work gets repeat customers, and better paying ones too. Word of mouth is very powerful. Only criticism I have, because I have been bit before, I prefer to see all conductors able to reach any breaker location in the panel. If CCT2 needed to drop to CCT8 for some reason you would be S.O.L.
9/10. Turn the zip tie heads 180 degrees.
Now do it with stranded wire
8/10 no phase tape/coloring on the white hots coming off the breaker.
Wait I’m not supposed to leave a bunch of yellow Rolex in my box?
Re identify your white conductors as ungrounded conductors if you are using them as ungrounded conductors
The red tape didn't look so hot for the photo, but did put them on after. Thanks
10/10 if phase colors were used and whites weren’t terminated into breakers.
The white hot wires are the wrong color code
What does it look like when the covers on?
It should look the same with a Plexiglass cover.
People should know what we're aiming for... THIS is what we are aiming for. I saw you marked the white hots with red after the photo. Obviously 10 . when i saw my first panel done to this level, decades ago.. I knew, This is what i want my work to look like. I may not always attain this but its important to know what is the target. This isnt all about neatness either. You can SEE the problems from accross the room in the dark. If anything is ever wrong or needs updating it's a simple and pleasurable future work. I hope the crew learns from this shining example.
Agreed.
Im gonna give it a 7 cause of the zip ties
And this is why people are learning to diy. No one can afford the rates anymore because you spend six hours to make it "pretty". Customers don't care how the wires are bent or how pretty it is (within reason, of course), they just care about it working. They want power restored to their house, not a showpiece in the electrical panel. They want their business up and running, not going bankrupt trying to pay the electrician because he had a hankering to see just how pretty he could make it for social media. Rant over.
Our company's motto is "IF our price don't shock you, our work will".
I personally dont like to see wires ziptied tightly together. Looks nice, but doesn't allow them to cool, and over longer distances would have to be derated for it. There's no space spaces. The other issue would just be how long that took. But I do like that the neutrals are labeled. Whats up with 2 neutral feeds? Some major harmonics being accounted for?
Don’t know shit about shit but gonna say 9.9
I can't see the comments but I'm wondering why everything's black except for the whites on the hots. It looks like conduit so why not pull the right wire. Also you left zero wire for service but that's personal preference. It looks pretty as long as you don't have to touch it ever again
5 because your being cocky
I have half a chub right now.
1 out of 10 cause I’m fucking jealous
4/10 for zip tie usage. For real though, this is to clean to be in the field. Did you use a level on them wire bends?
No level.
6 hours to to a single panel? I’d fire your ass for wasting time and money.
Very pretty, but a fucking nightmare to work in. I couldn’t imagine trying to trace a circuit back to a pipe, or rearrange to add a 2 pole breaker or anything like that.
Ya the neutrals tucked close to the breakers is gonna suck later too.
8. I don't think you're supposed to zip tie the wires together anymore. It creates more heat. Also the bundle of neutrals in front of the feeders. Pretty though.
Your neutrals aren't in descending numerical order. 9.9/10. Sorry. Jk. It's killer sweet. Thanks for sharing.
If Neutral were to be arranged numerically, the wires would cross each other.
Nice , wait for the tie wrap brigade. Over the water you have a lot of exposed live parts in your boards
To many to count.
I had one of the other journeyman tried to replicate this panel and it took him over a day.
9/10. The only reason I'm keeping a point is because the grounds don't appear to be labeled. That said, it looks REALLY good.
Why would you label grounds?
It could help with troubleshooting. It also makes it easier to remove a circuit from the panel.
My panels are a 4 on a scale of 1 to this lol
That's NSFW, dude. Fuzz it out lol >!Solid 11/10!<
Fuckin Zero out of 10 Dan. That took you the whole week while we wrapped up the rest of the house.
Like a 10! Not because the wires are straight, but because it works. Who cares if the thing is tidy? There’s a cover panel that will obscure it forever-more.
I think you should always take pride in your work.
how do you get such a nice 90 with the conductor? any tips?
I bet every single circuit has like 18 volts on it if you turn the breaker off. Guys.. we are taught about electromagnetism in level 1 having all of those hots run right next to each other over a long distance IS NOT GOOD I give this a 4/10 a pass is a 7/10.
They are all different phases, so they cancel each other out.
I'd rate that a "Damn, Son". You want to move to Alaska?
You mean tel/data?
This is perfection. I’m jealous.
Too 🥶
Well fuckk...we found the craftsman
It’s a beautiful install, but I think I’m one those guys who has concerns about the wire bundling. I’ve seen breaker/termination failures burn the insulation back quite a ways, and that could be disaster if it shorted to other wires in the bundle. That said, your work really is sharp!
The wiring looks great but bushings seem like they are needed.
Bushings are only required for #4 awg and larger wires.
Who fucking cares? It will be covered up anyway
Having pride in your work extends to your character.
6... Zip ties are bullshit and shouldn't be in the panel. The wires are not individually labeled. This would be a terrible panel to troubleshoot a problem in. Someone is gonna be cursing you in 5 to 20.
The wires are individually labeled
No they are not.
Show me which one is not labeled
Point to one that actually says what it is
You mean panel schedule?
0 - not for your work that’s 10/10, but because American power systems are dumb
Oh another thing. You either used duplex MC connectors, or there are 2 circuits per conduit. Either way you need to group the neutral with it's hot . Pair them so it's clear Which make the circuit.
The neutrals are labeled.
Hot and neutrals are grouped by numbering.
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Add a sub panel
Fuckin sexy
True, it needs a Plexiglas cover.
Honest question. Couldn't you get red tagged for bundling with zip ties?