Clearest instructions I've seen on this. Thanks. I had one electrician quote $900 to install a breaker and an outlet right next to the box. For $50 in materials and 90 minutes I did it myself
Absolutely great video! Most how to or diy instructional videos good or bad are rushed and the instructions are poorly explained. Resulting in having to watch and find certain spots to understand how to execute the task or missing something completely. The convoluted information that has no relevance to the project and work and even at times they admit after a long winded pointless story. I felt comfortable and confident that I could execute this potentially dangerous job without problems. I have a recording studio and wanted to have independent circuits for powering equipment that have heavy pull and that are expensive. For such a small job it would suck to pay someone to come out and do it for me when it’s so easy. Also the peace of mind that I know it’s done right, won’t put my family in danger, or my equipment that took a lifetime to a lifetime to accumulate. I can tell you truly understand what your doing and others could learn a lot from how you teach. I have Great job and thank you.
very simple way to install a Breaker despite if you decide to do it life or not that's up to you - I don't want to light up like a Christmas tree so turn the main breaker OFF- GREAT job Instructor Thank you!
Thanks for the informative video. It seems others rush thru this so fast I am backing the video up because I thought I missed something. But you took things slow and easy. Yet still didn't make a 5 min job into a half hour video.
Thanks Craig. Quick comment - When I watch how-to videos I also want to know the most common ways that something can be done incorrectly. It helps to reinforce the correct way to it. Thanks again.
Craig, good presentation, however, at the beginning you gave permission to your students to poke their hands into an electrical box while looking the other way. Glad for you the panel was cold and your hand stopped where it did. A careless student might not be so lucky.
There can still be parts that are hot where the main breaker lugs are in a main residential panel unless you get the utility company out to pull their meter while you work on the panel.
I've watched a lot of videos and this is by far the easiest one to understand. I definitely subscribed.next I need to see how to attach multiple lights with 1 light switch
Very good. Other videos start with a more complicated breaker like a GFCI or an arc arrester breaker. Your video teaches the basics, what I want to know.
Thanks Craig, you make it look easy, I don’t know anything about electricity, but do know solar, we have outgrown our wire runs to plugs for a surge protector outlet strip , inverter and deep cycle batteries runs our cabin, lights, fridge and even a tv
Awesome content! Very thorough and helpful for someone, like me, who has no idea about electrical. Thanks very much and look forward to binging your videos
I found that useful. Right to the point, with no muddied explanations. I think I would want to tie a yellow zip tie around all three wires as well to further remove confusion down the line to quickly identify them as coming from the same sheathed wire assembly. I see that both your ground and your neutral white wire went to the same bus bar. I like that SQ D simplification. I had just seen a diagram of a service panel with separate bus bars for the neutral, and others for the ground, but I believe that the bus bars were somehow bonded, or at least the diagram suggested it, giving it the same effect in essence, by providing them both a path to ground, but managing to make a mess of the wires with their design, and create a little confusion to boot. I much prefer Square D, but wonder if the extra expense for a QO is really justified over their Homeline.
That is not a square d certification, that is a faulty installation. The neutral and ground should not be bonded in a sub panel. They should only be bonded in the main distribution panel. If you do not understand what that means do not attempt.
With AC (alternating current ) I refer to (Watts law) Power (P)watts = Voltage x Current . Example of 120 VAC x 20 amps = 2400 Watts. Also I still refer to series and parallel circuits as Parallel Circuits voltage stays the same and current divides among the parallel branches. Also in series the voltage will divide and current remain the same. I hook up all the time the hot line to the circuit breaker and also run the hot line in series with a switch and keep the neutrals (commons) white wires together. That means to me that all the white lines ( common) end up on the neutral bar in the breaker box and that the individual circuit is always connected to a circuit breaker. Looking at the panel the neutral bus bar (white lines) never has a circuit breaker!
Can you do a similar video with 14-3 wire. Where there are 4 wires to connect black, white, copper (green ground), red, instead of just 3 wires to connect. Great video, thanks.
Thank you no rushing its clear and understandable. How do I install extra reset button from main reset button from the panel coz you can reset from other location as you don't have to come to panel all the time to reset.
This video was great for me, it help me . Please could you give us any guidance about GFEP & GFCI electrical breaker, I need an outlet for the water pipe heater I don’t know how to choose this. P,ease any information is grateful appreciated , thanks
I suggest the ground bus bar should be relocated & connect to the metal enclosure of the panel. It should not be very near to the terminals of branch circuit breakers terminals. The busbars for ground & neutral is separate unless the type of grounding system is different.
Dont quote me man,I do understand what your saying but I think in normal 3phase all neautrals and grounds are bonded until after first point of entry anyway so I guess it dont matter.i do agree with you this panel is kind of odd..i like my neutrals and grounds seperated I. All my panels and just bond them together where needed.like with that bar you remove or a ground screw that actually grounds the can itself..anyway good comment
this was a very helpful video! I looked through your channel and didn't see a similar video of installing a breaker for 240v (such as for water heater, A/C, or oven). If you can make one I'll be glad to watch and "like" it.
it is very helpful, i have a question. My square d panel, I see the white wire is go to one side (left) and the bare wire (neutral wire) go to the right side, and the black go to the breaker. Your wiring is all go to the same place for both the white wire and the neutral wire.
Very keen eye! It would be a more universal learning example to show a panel with a separate ground bus like yours. Not all panels are the main-the only place it can be ok to attach neutral (white wire) and ground (bare or green wire) to the same (neutral) bus is inside the main panel like shown here. Your Square D panel has a separate neutral bus and ground bus, so it could be your main panel or a subpanel. Common places to find a subpanel are inside an apartment, or in a garage, outbuilding, or pool/air con area. IF the panel you’re looking at is a subpanel, then the left (neutral in your case) and right (ground in your case) must not be mixed.
Helpful for me, thank you. DO you have a video on how to pigtail wires in the electrical box? For example, if you run an 8 gauge for a tankless electric water heater and need to pigtail the 8 gauge ground wire due to lack of room on the buss bar? Keep up the good work!
there are separate neutral and ground buses. wiring neutral and ground together is not safe and will cause other problems. The fact that this guy doesn’t talk about safety at all... should tell you skmething
Craig, is this a main panel or sub panel? The neutral and ground aren't bonded together on the sub panel as the green bonding screw is removed in the sub panel which means that you cannot connect the neutral and ground to the same bus bar. Am I right? So obviously the wiring method that you have demonstrated here is for a main panel and not a sub panel. Please correct me if I am wrong.
This trainer is set up as a main panel. You are right that if it was a sub panel you would seperate the grounds and the neutrals!! Great question!!! CM
Just what I needed to wire a new 30 amp circuit. Question-If the side bar for ground and white is full can you double wires in the holes? Great instruction and content!
I thought you put the neutral and different bard because the way I had being teach I to put the grounds and one bard and the neutrals and an other bard, and I saw you putting both wires in the same bard maybe I’m missing something 😊
I've got an older home with No main shutoff to panel.When shutting Off the breakers can you install ground and neutral wire to busbar without potential shock??
Can you explain changing a double throw to a single ? The double throw has the black wire running to one breaker and the white running to the other. The video was great btw!
Clearest instructions I've seen on this. Thanks. I had one electrician quote $900 to install a breaker and an outlet right next to the box. For $50 in materials and 90 minutes I did it myself
Craig your videos are very helpful. Im a retired lineman 40 years at the electric utility.
So helpful! Every detail covered. The closeups were very handy. I appreciate it
Man, your channel is far underrated! Best instructions ever. Clear and to the point.
I love how you explain everything in detail, very helpful to include even the smallest thing.
It's so hard to have such a simple thing explained! Thank you so much and great vid
I shared this video with my friend Mr. M. She needed help replacing her breaker. Thanks for your wisdom!
-Adan
I keep coming back to this video. simple and straight forward. thank you.
Absolutely great video! Most how to or diy instructional videos good or bad are rushed and the instructions are poorly explained. Resulting in having to watch and find certain spots to understand how to execute the task or missing something completely. The convoluted information that has no relevance to the project and work and even at times they admit after a long winded pointless story. I felt comfortable and confident that I could execute this potentially dangerous job without problems. I have a recording studio and wanted to have independent circuits for powering equipment that have heavy pull and that are expensive. For such a small job it would suck to pay someone to come out and do it for me when it’s so easy. Also the peace of mind that I know it’s done right, won’t put my family in danger, or my equipment that took a lifetime to a lifetime to accumulate. I can tell you truly understand what your doing and others could learn a lot from how you teach. I have Great job and thank you.
very simple way to install a Breaker despite if you decide to do it life or not that's up to you -
I don't want to light up like a Christmas tree so turn the main breaker OFF-
GREAT job Instructor
Thank you!
Good job. Clear instructions. Surprisingly, as an apprentice, I have yet to replace a breaker.
Thanks for the informative video. It seems others rush thru this so fast I am backing the video up because I thought I missed something. But you took things slow and easy. Yet still didn't make a 5 min job into a half hour video.
Love the video not a 15 minutes comercial and not shout outs just perfect
Thanks Craig. Quick comment - When I watch how-to videos I also want to know the most common ways that something can be done incorrectly. It helps to reinforce the correct way to it. Thanks again.
Craig, good presentation, however, at the beginning you gave permission to your students to poke their hands into an electrical box while looking the other way. Glad for you the panel was cold and your hand stopped where it did. A careless student might not be so lucky.
Dan Benton what u mean
You're not supposed to work them hot.
There can still be parts that are hot where the main breaker lugs are in a main residential panel unless you get the utility company out to pull their meter while you work on the panel.
I've watched a lot of videos and this is by far the easiest one to understand. I definitely subscribed.next I need to see how to attach multiple lights with 1 light switch
Also looks like a sub panel. Good thing people know that grounds and neutrals should be isolated. Lord have mercy!
Thank you brother I learned from you and I just run I wire from my panel
You are the best👍🏼
Great video. Thanks for easy step by step and close up instructions.
This was perfect. So succinct and great camera work. Thanks!
Did i miss something, or did he fail to mention at the very beginning, that it would be a great idea to turn the main power off before anything else
exhalejackie so u telling me to put a break in the panel u have to turn it off? u can't do it live?
@@NewPhone-bg7do hell naw you shouldn't
That's optional
@@ltwadley7619 the result would be longevity?
@@lanceclayton2492 Learned the hard way, I blew out my panel and got a terrible shock.....turn power off before inserting the breaker.....
Excellent and very informative video Mr. CM. Thank you for sharing your knowledge to us. God bless your heart sir.
excellent with close up shots. Well done. Thank you.
We do our best!! Thank you. CM
Very good. Other videos start with a more complicated breaker like a GFCI or an arc arrester breaker. Your video teaches the basics, what I want to know.
Thank you! I like your style.
Thanks Craig, you make it look easy, I don’t know anything about electricity, but do know solar, we have outgrown our wire runs to plugs for a surge protector outlet strip , inverter and deep cycle batteries runs our cabin, lights, fridge and even a tv
One of the best videos on the topic. Thanks.
Thanks so much Craig!!!
Awesome content! Very thorough and helpful for someone, like me, who has no idea about electrical. Thanks very much and look forward to binging your videos
Very helpful. Thank you!
Great explanation. Very clear and easy to follow along! Installed my first breaker with your help!
Wow such a great video! I will be trying this tomorrow in my shed! Fingers crossed haha 😂
Great instruction ... I feel more confident after this video.
I found that useful. Right to the point, with no muddied explanations. I think I would want to tie a yellow zip tie around all three wires as well to further remove confusion down the line to quickly identify them as coming from the same sheathed wire assembly. I see that both your ground and your neutral white wire went to the same bus bar. I like that SQ D simplification. I had just seen a diagram of a service panel with separate bus bars for the neutral, and others for the ground, but I believe that the bus bars were somehow bonded, or at least the diagram suggested it, giving it the same effect in essence, by providing them both a path to ground, but managing to make a mess of the wires with their design, and create a little confusion to boot. I much prefer Square D, but wonder if the extra expense for a QO is really justified over their Homeline.
That is not a square d certification, that is a faulty installation. The neutral and ground should not be bonded in a sub panel. They should only be bonded in the main distribution panel. If you do not understand what that means do not attempt.
Call an electrician.
best and clearest video I've come across on the subject so far. Thank you.
Very Helpful Sir !! Thank You !!
Gotter done Sir , two breakers tied in & couple outlets !! Success, with out electrocution !! appreciate Ya Sir !!
Informative and well done. Thanks!
I love it! I like when zoom the area you working. Thank you. For your help. Very good explanation.
Excellent video thank you for sharing
Great job and easy to follow. Just what I needed
One of the best videos I've seen. Thank you so much!
With AC (alternating current ) I refer to (Watts law) Power (P)watts = Voltage x Current . Example of 120 VAC x 20 amps = 2400 Watts. Also I still refer to series and parallel circuits as Parallel Circuits voltage stays the same and current divides among the parallel branches. Also in series the voltage will divide and current remain the same.
I hook up all the time the hot line to the circuit breaker and also run the hot line in series with a switch and keep the neutrals (commons) white wires together. That means to me that all the white lines ( common) end up on the neutral bar in the breaker box and that the individual circuit is always connected to a circuit breaker. Looking at the panel the neutral bus bar (white lines) never has a circuit breaker!
Thanks for taking the time to make this video...
Good job your video is def useful I'll watch other videos
GR8! Really good close-up work.
Really helpful video thank u for sharing ur skill
Thank very much!!! I enjoy this so I hope you Subscribed!!! Thank you for watching!! CM
Can you do a similar video with 14-3 wire. Where there are 4 wires to connect black, white, copper (green ground), red, instead of just 3 wires to connect.
Great video, thanks.
Awesome video! Explained everything well, keep it up!
Thank you for your support!! CM
thank you very much sir!! very clear explanation
Thank you no rushing its clear and understandable. How do I install extra reset button from main reset button from the panel coz you can reset from other location as you don't have to come to panel all the time to reset.
This video was great for me, it help me . Please could you give us any guidance about GFEP & GFCI electrical breaker, I need an outlet for the water pipe heater I don’t know how to choose this. P,ease any information is grateful appreciated , thanks
Thanks! You made it very simple. It was a good refresher for me
I suggest the ground bus bar should be relocated & connect to the metal enclosure of the panel. It should not be very near to the terminals of branch circuit breakers terminals. The busbars for ground & neutral is separate unless the type of grounding system is different.
Dont quote me man,I do understand what your saying but I think in normal 3phase all neautrals and grounds are bonded until after first point of entry anyway so I guess it dont matter.i do agree with you this panel is kind of odd..i like my neutrals and grounds seperated I. All my panels and just bond them together where needed.like with that bar you remove or a ground screw that actually grounds the can itself..anyway good comment
this was a very helpful video! I looked through your channel and didn't see a similar video of installing a breaker for 240v (such as for water heater, A/C, or oven). If you can make one I'll be glad to watch and "like" it.
This helped me so much thank you so much!!!
It was the easiest video to understand thank you
So helpful, thanks Craig!
Thanks you, very good tips. I am from Panama
it is very helpful, i have a question. My square d panel, I see the white wire is go to one side (left) and the bare wire (neutral wire) go to the right side, and the black go to the breaker. Your wiring is all go to the same place for both the white wire and the neutral wire.
Very keen eye! It would be a more universal learning example to show a panel with a separate ground bus like yours. Not all panels are the main-the only place it can be ok to attach neutral (white wire) and ground (bare or green wire) to the same (neutral) bus is inside the main panel like shown here. Your Square D panel has a separate neutral bus and ground bus, so it could be your main panel or a subpanel. Common places to find a subpanel are inside an apartment, or in a garage, outbuilding, or pool/air con area. IF the panel you’re looking at is a subpanel, then the left (neutral in your case) and right (ground in your case) must not be mixed.
I prefer the bolt on breakers, although Eaton breakers snap on more firmly on a GE panel than GE breakers
Two thumbs up! Concise!
Thank you so much for your support!! CM
Easy to understand and well made vid. Thank you.
Great video, well explained, thanks for sharing!
Why are the neutral and earth conductors connected to the same bus bar? That would trip the rccb or rcd components in the consumer unit in the EU.
Thank you !
Great video .sr was the best explanation tanks
You did a great video tutorial sir, thank you for sharing your knowledge. New subscriber here.
Why are you installing the ground and the neutral to the same bus bar??? Shouldn't they be separate??
YES only connected at one point at the service
Great explanation clear and simple
Helpful for me, thank you. DO you have a video on how to pigtail wires in the electrical box? For example, if you run an 8 gauge for a tankless electric water heater and need to pigtail the 8 gauge ground wire due to lack of room on the buss bar? Keep up the good work!
Sorry I dont at this time. I will add it to my list of things to shoot. Thank you for the suggestion. CM
Just land it under the neutral buss bar assuming it’s ur main panel and u have room
Thumbs up and subscribed, thanks for the excellent tutorial!
Great video. Thanks for sharing!
Ground wire and neutral wire don't go to the same terminal block..
In a Residential setting it is now NEC code to land your neutral and ground under the same lug on neutral or ground bar
You made simple to understand, thanks
Awesome video! Doing great! Thanks for the help!
Craig, thankyou for the lesson.
Beautiful and great and easy to understand..thank you.
thanks for sharing your video it is very very helpful, regards.
Thanks, Craig !
Excellent right to the point loved it!
Thanks was very helpful
Thanks, Craig.
I've never been inside a breaker box. I'm really surprised to see that the common and ground go to the same bus bar.
there are separate neutral and ground buses. wiring neutral and ground together is not safe and will cause other problems. The fact that this guy doesn’t talk about safety at all... should tell you skmething
Actually the guy is following a big safety code by putting neutral and ground on the same bus they call that bonding review code 250.12 in NEC .
That's a good one man thanks you I will make a video like yours sound interesting
Craig, is this a main panel or sub panel? The neutral and ground aren't bonded together on the sub panel as the green bonding screw is removed in the sub panel which means that you cannot connect the neutral and ground to the same bus bar. Am I right? So obviously the wiring method that you have demonstrated here is for a main panel and not a sub panel. Please correct me if I am wrong.
This trainer is set up as a main panel. You are right that if it was a sub panel you would seperate the grounds and the neutrals!! Great question!!! CM
@@craigmichaud-electricalins4602 Wow. I'm really impressed with your prompt and quick answer. Thanks Craig!
Just what I needed to wire a new 30 amp circuit. Question-If the side bar for ground and white is full can you double wires in the holes? Great instruction and content!
Depends on panels manufacturers specs
This helped me a ton! I appreicate it
Great instruction. Really helped me out, thanks!
Good video I learned alot
I thought you put the neutral and different bard because the way I had being teach I to put the grounds and one bard and the neutrals and an other bard, and I saw you putting both wires in the same bard maybe I’m missing something 😊
I've got an older home with No main shutoff to panel.When shutting Off the breakers can you install ground and neutral wire to busbar without potential shock??
Great video, thank you for this!
Thanks buddy
It’s easier to strip the jacket off before entering the cable into the panel.
That is not a typical technique even still.
@@stevansaucedo4151 that's how we do lomex in western Canada, we strip the jacket and then enter it into the box or panel not striping it after.
Great videos ! Good job ! Thanks !
Great video very helpful 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
How come the wires were screwed in under the breaker and not using the screws next to the breaker?
Say if the panel has no main switch to shutdown and live. How do install that breaker. I have a feeder panel in my apartment.
Can you explain changing a double throw to a single ? The double throw has the black wire running to one breaker and the white running to the other. The video was great btw!
Appreciate ya!! Thanks bud