Wow Ron. I am impressed with your mastery of the subject. I've been an electrician for about 9 years now and learn a notebook full of information in each video of yours I've watched!
I really enjoy all of your videos, but one of my absolute favorite things to watch is the joining of the "old with the new", like in this video where you joined all the old circuits in the two 1900 boxes, with the new cables. Something about that just fascinates me. Thanks for all the great videos!
Nice work, Ron. I'm an old electrician who loves what he does and still going at it. Always enjoy watching your vids and usually pick up a thing or two.
Ron, really enjoy your videos. Was a contractor for 35 years and your panels are as nice as any I’ve seen done by anyone. It is so apparent that you think through your jobs and make a plan long before you drill holes and run cables/tie in panels. One comment. If the basement is being finished with drywall ceilings a two gang raised cover will bring 1900 JB flush to drywall surface and allow for a decorative blank finish plate in lieu of the regular 1900 box blank. Please keep videos coming. Thanks.
Ha ha! In a packing warehouse I worked in many years ago, an old coke machine with rotating knobs that took quarters, The warehouse was so big with many connected buildings and always having work done, the guys would find the knockouts everywhere behind and under stuff and get sodas with em. Used to piss off the coke guys when they came to collect/restock.
That's fantastic to hear. As electricians I always say "we're all on the same ship, just different cabins." It's better to help another electrician up the ladder than it is to kick the ladder out from underneath him/ her.
I am the same way after twenty years in the trades I find these videos by Ron and other very qualified trade Masters are helping us collaborate and learn from each other continuously
Thanks so much for showing everything. It's great seeing a skilled electrician do each step. Seeing how you extended the wires was particularly helpful to me. As I've considered moving some circuits out of my existing main panel to a sub panel and I just wasn't sure how to extend the wires.
Ron your work was well planned and executed, I particularly like how you painted your backboard is a great way to show your better than the average Sparky. I guess your not on 2020, it's great that you inspector realizes that motor circuits can be on standard breakers. I'm looking forward 2023 when they tell me the whole house air conditioner has to be on a GFCI.Trying to explain to the customer that is not my fault that is here conditioner keeps popping the breaker, and the HVAC guy saying it's not his fault. (Someone said the code is forcing us to do the research for the manufacturers)
If I'm not mistaken this new code change came about from an incident somewhere in Illinois where a child was electrocuted while touching an outdoor condenser, and many of these major recent changes in the last few code cycles were the result of unfortunate situations. The problem is, in order to meet increasingly stringent energy efficiency standards many motorized appliances especially refrigerators and air conditioners have variable frequency drives and similar electronic gear which happens to generate electrical noise that interacts poorly with AFCI and GFCI.
You probably know this already but I have in the past when using large feeders in tight space I have upsized the LB and used reducing bushings to accommodate bending the cables with having to literally hammer the feeders in the LB
I have to tell you... I don't plan on doing this kind of work, but I really enjoy watching your craftsmanship. It just reinforces the old saying, that any job is worth doing right. Thanks for sharing man !
The neatness of your work reflects the overall quality of your work. Nice looking panel. It’s weird, to me at least, to see a panel that big without a mains breaker. I would like to see a video of how you trace out the unlabeled co4cuits while you are waiting for the inspection. That must be a pain in the butt working solo.
Great job again Ron, appreciate the craftsmanship as always...would love to come over and visit sometime...I have a good friend who lives in Cranbury, how close is that to you? 😉😀😎
FANTASTIC VIDEO. Box and wiring looks amazing. Your experience is shown. Nice you can do this yourself. Mine is in a closet and would LOVE to move to the garage. BUT money prohibits that. IT is like from one side of the house to the other, not freezable. WHY in the hell would they put in a closet. With your long experience, may I ask a question? WHY do they put A/C units on the side of the house by a bedroom instead of in the backyard so they can be hide from thieves?
Your new work looks fantastic. The existing work outside is a dog's breakfast. I don't understand how those other guys sleep at night, or acquire referral business.. Thanks for the content.
I don’t get it either. A lot of times vinyl siding is added and the equipment is not being worked with by a licensed electrician. And we both know damn well that the siding guys don’t use levels!
hi Ron looking on from the other side on pond in Ireland. In the trade the same length of time as yourself. it nice to see how thing are done in jersey. there are big differences in some areas but not in others.
Very nice upgrade. Good to see how splicing is done with a lot of old work. Why not use like big 8" square box for all the splicing and extending? Granted the 4" ones are cheap, even if you have to use multiple ones. Those knockout pieces are called slugs, they worked on old parking meters and at arcades too. ha ha
I could have done that but I chose not to because the larger J-box would've required an equipment grounding bus for the individual grounding conductors and a flush-type cover plate isn't available. In the end, this'll look cleaner on a finished ceiling too.
Nice work.I like making my panels clean also.I could be wrong but to me the qulity of panel "trim out" is a direct corrolation to the quality of the electrician.
Thanks you for your military service I really appreciate an enjoy your videos I love electric repairs been around it 40 years learning about electric an have learned some things on a daily basis thanks to politicians they shuffled around and didn’t grandfather me in that’s ok I enjoy fixing and sharing my talents with electric gas repairs for the elderly an disabled veterans church’s elders making things better and safe from fires and shocks GFI and arc fault devices install an panel disconnect meter cans repairs an upgrade grounding an bonding building Ser above ground and under ground in residential and mobile home parks elec water and sewer and gas led retro fit I never get to old to learn have a great one
Comment/Suggestion - I notice you grouped the neutrals near the top of the bus. This looks like a PON capable panel and I'd suggest landing the branch neutral under the actual breaker location to allow for future GFCI or AFCI breaker installation. In your case, if you swap one of the lower breakers, you'd have to extend the grounded conductor to terminate in the breaker. Thinking about a future proof install as the design of the panel lends itself to landing a neutral at each breaker location, including accommodation for twin breakers.
Very clean install 👌 I recently rewired the entire top floor in my house. I wish I would have just ran some more home runs but, I didn’t want to mess with the middle floor walls. Kind of the same when you did those junctions, otherwise it’s another few grand in demo and remodeling
Hi Ron, I really like watching your videos and I really like the way you take pride in your work it takes more time but when your done you feel good bc you know it was a job well done. I’m a pool contractor in Monmouth county. How familiar are you with pool wiring I’m always looking for another good electrician to have in my contact list
Nice neat install as usual Ron I worked in Manasquan after Sandy for a few year's now happily retired to Puerto Rico I'm in a 120 unit condo Thought I was done but it's all zinsco panels here I've changed about 15 of them so far
They're supposed to go by the NEC But the pool here is not even ground fault protected I've complained in writing to the administration And now my next move is to find the electrical inspector
Hello Ron. Learned so much watching your videos. Thanks! Question…. I am installing a new sub panel in my basement. Can I mount a board, similar to yours, over an existing Sheetrock interior wall or must the board be screwed directly to the studs? Thanks again Ron.
Hi Ron, Love love love your vids... But I do have a question though. Are you required in New Jersery to apply anti-corrosive paste onto the lugs? If not, will it be a good habit to do so on other parts of the country
New Jersey is unique because what's known as the NJ Rehabilitation sub-code. This allows electrical contractors to replace like for like when doing an upgrade such as this.
Good question because anytime I'm doing remodeling a renovation I will always use regular circuit breakers until I'm ready to go through final then I replace with my combination arc-fault ground-fault circuit breakers
In those J-Boxes did you use wire nuts to connect all the wires? Did you pig tail from one wire nut to the next? I was just wondering because that is a lot of wires!
Great job Ron as always! I had to do a relocate on a panel and used a 6 gang deep roughhouse box to attach new wiring to existing. Are you permitted to use the same in New Jersey instead of using the 4 11/16" boxes? Have a great weekend and enjoy the Super Bowl.
Hey Ron thanks for the video. I’m relocating a main panel.. is it okay to splice oven feeders in a 4x4 like you’ve done here? Wondering if there is issue with bigger fishes wires and doing splices like this to relocate a main panel.
Relocating the main panel still means the main disconnect must be located either on the exterior or at closest point of entrance. As for the oven circuit you may want to consider running a new circuit. It’s a big load I imagine and a splice along the circuit is something to be concerned about. If it’s not spliced right you could experience arcing and eventually failure of the splice.
@@electricianron_New_Jersey thanks for the reply. I just bought the house, the panel is currently on the opposite side of the house as the me ter and there is no disconnect outside. It’s an old panel and at the same time as I install a Generac I want to update the panel and move it about 8 feet as it currently site behind the hot water tank and doesn’t have the 3 feet of clearance. I want to junction ever circuit currently going into the panel but was concerned about the higher amperage circuits. I was thinking clear taps (Polaris taps) with rubber tape then electrical tape but I’m unsure about weather or not there is code violations there. Your videos are great. Good job and thanks!
Nice job. But do you have to derate all those NM Romeo wires going through the bored holes in the floor joists? Here in St. Louis we are only allowed one wire through a hole which makes for a lot of drilling
great work and perhaps you like to limit you forgetting to film most detailing work. all work is important when it comes to doing electrical work. nice work though.
May I ask a ballpark range on what a job like this costs? I have an almost identical situation, where I would like my breaker box moved but ours is actually even a closer the the original breaker spot. I would like to move it around 3 feet to another side of the wall but have no clue what a fair price guideline is to ask around?
Sure, you could that but if I were I would check with the building department what their requirements might be to do this properly. You’ll probably need a new cover for the panel that doesn’t have holes where the breakers used to be. Stuff like that!
The drywall will not go over/cover them. The code prohibits concealing junction boxes. They will be exposed with blank covers in the finished ceiling as he stated in the video.
I hope you can come out to my house if your not too busy. i called and left you a message. I need almost identical job as this in Tinton Falls but i have 2 panels.
I’m in NY now original from NJ is it legal to use the 3 wire to extend the branch circuits today also when I did residential we used all 3 wire for the home runs made it a faster install
True that the 4-wire multi-wire branch circuit (MWBC) would've been easier to install, but like for like is more practical should the homeowner want to have the ARC-fault circuit breakers in the future. The MWBC would also require additional double-pole circuit breakers.
Thanks so much for showing everything. It's great seeing a skilled electrician do each step. Seeing how you extended the wires was particularly helpful to me. As I've considered moving some circuits out of my existing main panel to a sub panel and I just wasn't sure how to extend the wires.
Wow Ron. I am impressed with your mastery of the subject. I've been an electrician for about 9 years now and learn a notebook full of information in each video of yours I've watched!
Dude, you are awesome. I am a DIY electrician and learned a ton watching your video. Thanks.
I really enjoy all of your videos, but one of my absolute favorite things to watch is the joining of the "old with the new", like in this video where you joined all the old circuits in the two 1900 boxes, with the new cables. Something about that just fascinates me. Thanks for all the great videos!
Nice work, Ron. I'm an old electrician who loves what he does and still going at it. Always enjoy watching your vids and usually pick up a thing or two.
Ron, really enjoy your videos. Was a contractor for 35 years and your panels are as nice as any I’ve seen done by anyone. It is so apparent that you think through your jobs and make a plan long before you drill holes and run cables/tie in panels. One comment. If the basement is being finished with drywall ceilings a two gang raised cover will bring 1900 JB flush to drywall surface and allow for a decorative blank finish plate in lieu of the regular 1900 box blank. Please keep videos coming. Thanks.
Ha ha! In a packing warehouse I worked in many years ago, an old coke machine with rotating knobs that took quarters, The warehouse was so big with many connected buildings and always having work done, the guys would find the knockouts everywhere behind and under stuff and get sodas with em. Used to piss off the coke guys when they came to collect/restock.
great video Ron! Even after being in the trade for 25 yrs. im still picking up tips from your videos . thanks
That's fantastic to hear. As electricians I always say "we're all on the same ship, just different cabins." It's better to help another electrician up the ladder than it is to kick the ladder out from underneath him/ her.
I am the same way after twenty years in the trades I find these videos by Ron and other very qualified trade Masters are helping us collaborate and learn from each other continuously
Nice work and I like how you take pride in your work to make things neat thinking about the next guy that may have to work on it
Thanks 👍
Thanks so much for showing everything. It's great seeing a skilled electrician do each step. Seeing how you extended the wires was particularly helpful to me. As I've considered moving some circuits out of my existing main panel to a sub panel and I just wasn't sure how to extend the wires.
You do some of the nicest work. I wish I lived closer so I could hire you.
Ron your work was well planned and executed, I particularly like how you painted your backboard is a great way to show your better than the average Sparky. I guess your not on 2020, it's great that you inspector realizes that motor circuits can be on standard breakers. I'm looking forward 2023 when they tell me the whole house air conditioner has to be on a GFCI.Trying to explain to the customer that is not my fault that is here conditioner keeps popping the breaker, and the HVAC guy saying it's not his fault. (Someone said the code is forcing us to do the research for the manufacturers)
If I'm not mistaken this new code change came about from an incident somewhere in Illinois where a child was electrocuted while touching an outdoor condenser, and many of these major recent changes in the last few code cycles were the result of unfortunate situations. The problem is, in order to meet increasingly stringent energy efficiency standards many motorized appliances especially refrigerators and air conditioners have variable frequency drives and similar electronic gear which happens to generate electrical noise that interacts poorly with AFCI and GFCI.
You probably know this already but I have in the past when using large feeders in tight space I have upsized the LB and used reducing bushings to accommodate bending the cables with having to literally hammer the feeders in the LB
Thanks, Ron! Man, that’s a lot wires in those junction boxes. I’d struggle to get all those in there. 👍
I have to tell you... I don't plan on doing this kind of work, but I really enjoy watching your craftsmanship. It just reinforces the old saying, that any job is worth doing right. Thanks for sharing man !
Glad you enjoyed it Doug!
Your wiring in the new MLO looks super neat. I'd let you do heart surgery on me 😊
@@bigtroll8249 that’s very nice of you to say!
Looks great Ron. Gotta love those controlled chaos situations. Always learn something from your videos.
Appreciate your attention to the details, always a good calling card for future work
The neatness of your work reflects the overall quality of your work. Nice looking panel. It’s weird, to me at least, to see a panel that big without a mains breaker.
I would like to see a video of how you trace out the unlabeled co4cuits while you are waiting for the inspection. That must be a pain in the butt working solo.
Great job again Ron, appreciate the craftsmanship as always...would love to come over and visit sometime...I have a good friend who lives in Cranbury, how close is that to you? 😉😀😎
FANTASTIC VIDEO. Box and wiring looks amazing. Your experience is shown. Nice you can do this yourself. Mine is in a closet and would LOVE to move to the garage. BUT money prohibits that. IT is like from one side of the house to the other, not freezable. WHY in the hell would they put in a closet.
With your long experience, may I ask a question? WHY do they put A/C units on the side of the house by a bedroom instead of in the backyard so they can be hide from thieves?
Great Job
Very nicely done sir. You are a joy to watch.
Thank you for the compliment.
Good time hangout, thx
Your new work looks fantastic. The existing work outside is a dog's breakfast. I don't understand how those other guys sleep at night, or acquire referral business.. Thanks for the content.
I don’t get it either. A lot of times vinyl siding is added and the equipment is not being worked with by a licensed electrician. And we both know damn well that the siding guys don’t use levels!
hi Ron looking on from the other side on pond in Ireland. In the trade the same length of time as yourself. it nice to see how thing are done in jersey. there are big differences in some areas but not in others.
Nice job as always. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise.
Good looking panel Ron. Well done. I’m a sucker for good work.
Very nice upgrade. Good to see how splicing is done with a lot of old work. Why not use like big 8" square box for all the splicing and extending? Granted the 4" ones are cheap, even if you have to use multiple ones. Those knockout pieces are called slugs, they worked on old parking meters and at arcades too. ha ha
I could have done that but I chose not to because the larger J-box would've required an equipment grounding bus for the individual grounding conductors and a flush-type cover plate isn't available. In the end, this'll look cleaner on a finished ceiling too.
Oh you need a terminal strip for those big boxes? I had no idea. A detail only you pros know, not us enthusiasts. Ha ha
Beautiful and impressive solo work 👍👍
Nice work.I like making my panels clean also.I could be wrong but to me the qulity of panel "trim out" is a direct corrolation to the quality of the electrician.
Nice work ❤
Thank you!
Thanks you for your military service I really appreciate an enjoy your videos I love electric repairs been around it 40 years learning about electric an have learned some things on a daily basis thanks to politicians they shuffled around and didn’t grandfather me in that’s ok I enjoy fixing and sharing my talents with electric gas repairs for the elderly an disabled veterans church’s elders making things better and safe from fires and shocks GFI and arc fault devices install an panel disconnect meter cans repairs an upgrade grounding an bonding building Ser above ground and under ground in residential and mobile home parks elec water and sewer and gas led retro fit I never get to old to learn have a great one
nice job Ron you take pride in your work great advice on terminate the grounding wires and neutral wires be safe keep the videos rolling 👍
Thank you! The ground bar has to be mechanically attached to the enclosure. Sheet metal or fine course screws are a violation of the NEC.
Self-feed Bit? Great video, Ron
Yes
Very nice job!
Comment/Suggestion - I notice you grouped the neutrals near the top of the bus. This looks like a PON capable panel and I'd suggest landing the branch neutral under the actual breaker location to allow for future GFCI or AFCI breaker installation. In your case, if you swap one of the lower breakers, you'd have to extend the grounded conductor to terminate in the breaker. Thinking about a future proof install as the design of the panel lends itself to landing a neutral at each breaker location, including accommodation for twin breakers.
Very clean install 👌 I recently rewired the entire top floor in my house. I wish I would have just ran some more home runs but, I didn’t want to mess with the middle floor walls.
Kind of the same when you did those junctions, otherwise it’s another few grand in demo and remodeling
Otherwise I would have had to find where all those homers go to and rewire from there. That could be very expensive.
Nice neat work. Thanks.
Nice neat work.
Hi Ron, I really like watching your videos and I really like the way you take pride in your work it takes more time but when your done you feel good bc you know it was a job well done. I’m a pool contractor in Monmouth county. How familiar are you with pool wiring I’m always looking for another good electrician to have in my contact list
Tbh I’m busy enough just keeping up with service upgrades and panel changes.
@@electricianron_New_Jersey yeah that’s understandable. No worries
nice job
Thank you!
Nice neat install as usual Ron I worked in Manasquan after Sandy for a few year's now happily retired to Puerto Rico I'm in a 120 unit condo Thought I was done but it's all zinsco panels here I've changed about 15 of them so far
Zonsco and Federal Pacific Electric panels are both junk. FPE specifically is a fire hazard. Does PR observe the NEC?
They're supposed to go by the NEC But the pool here is not even ground fault
protected I've complained in writing to the administration And now my next move is to find the electrical inspector
@@Bill-mh6hh Good luck with that Bill. GFCI’s certainly save people from lethal electrical shock.
Ron your a Milwaukee man have you used the drill bit taps they came out with I got a set and my hand tap has been in my tool box ever since
Beautiful
Thank you! Cheers!
Great videos
Nice work very professional
Thank you!
I'm surprised you got away with all those wires in one hole in that long run
wtf are you talking about?
Great info. Thanks Ron
Glad you enjoyed the video!
Should have asked if the dehumidifier works at 240v as well
Hello Ron.
Learned so much watching your videos. Thanks!
Question…. I am installing a new sub panel in my basement. Can I mount a board, similar to yours, over an existing Sheetrock interior wall or must the board be screwed directly to the studs? Thanks again Ron.
It's going to be much more sturdy if you find the studs and secure to them. Good luck.
Hi Ron, Love love love your vids... But I do have a question though. Are you required in New Jersery to apply anti-corrosive paste onto the lugs? If not, will it be a good habit to do so on other parts of the country
Neither copper or aluminum requires the anti-oxidant but it’s good practice to do so.
thanks for not using tapcons. hate those things and in cinder block that panel would be on the ground that night LOLLL
LOL
Spoken like a man with experience.
No insulated Romex staples in Jersey??
Master at Work
Nice looking work. Do you not have to upgrade to arc fault breakers when you extend existing circuits?
New Jersey is unique because what's known as the NJ Rehabilitation sub-code. This allows electrical contractors to replace like for like when doing an upgrade such as this.
Good question because anytime I'm doing remodeling a renovation I will always use regular circuit breakers until I'm ready to go through final then I replace with my combination arc-fault ground-fault circuit breakers
We can normally replace like for like unless we extend the circuit add to it or add a new circuit then we have to upgrade it
on the extension boxes, could you use wego's in place of wire nuts?
Sure! Wago’s cost a bit more.
In those J-Boxes did you use wire nuts to connect all the wires? Did you pig tail from one wire nut to the next? I was just wondering because that is a lot of wires!
Great job Ron as always! I had to do a relocate on a panel and used a 6 gang deep roughhouse box to attach new wiring to existing. Are you permitted to use the same in New Jersey instead of using the 4 11/16" boxes? Have a great weekend and enjoy the Super Bowl.
Thanks John. I wish I had thought to bring those larger 4 11/16th boxes but I'm sure I'm under the box fill limit.
WOW!💪🏼👍
Could you use emt on the outside from the generator to the panel that’s next to it outside?
Of course you could but EMT rusts and that's why I install more PVC.
Hey Ron thanks for the video. I’m relocating a main panel.. is it okay to splice oven feeders in a 4x4 like you’ve done here? Wondering if there is issue with bigger fishes wires and doing splices like this to relocate a main panel.
Relocating the main panel still means the main disconnect must be located either on the exterior or at closest point of entrance.
As for the oven circuit you may want to consider running a new circuit. It’s a big load I imagine and a splice along the circuit is something to be concerned about. If it’s not spliced right you could experience arcing and eventually failure of the splice.
@@electricianron_New_Jersey thanks for the reply. I just bought the house, the panel is currently on the opposite side of the house as the me ter and there is no disconnect outside. It’s an old panel and at the same time as I install a Generac I want to update the panel and move it about 8 feet as it currently site behind the hot water tank and doesn’t have the 3 feet of clearance. I want to junction ever circuit currently going into the panel but was concerned about the higher amperage circuits. I was thinking clear taps (Polaris taps) with rubber tape then electrical tape but I’m unsure about weather or not there is code violations there. Your videos are great. Good job and thanks!
Nice job. But do you have to derate all those NM Romeo wires going through the bored holes in the floor joists? Here in St. Louis we are only allowed one wire through a hole which makes for a lot of drilling
There’s nothing in the NEC about how many cable can through bored holes.
@@electricianron_New_Jersey Thanks. Must be a local thing You do quality work
How many Romex cables are you allowed to pull thru the same hole in the joists you drilled, in your jurisdiction?
Depends on the hole size
@@mostafa685 really? Can you explain and show how to derate cables for bundling for hole size?
Awesome work wish you were in Ohio.
My wife and I visited the RNRHOF in December 2018!
#2 aluminum is good for 100 Amps
great work and perhaps you like to limit you forgetting to film most detailing work. all work is important when it comes to doing electrical work. nice work though.
It happens, the fact that he does it on here to show us is amazing for many people out there, he’s good at pointing things out.
Is it required to relocate the ground wires to sub panel when relocating loads to the sub panel???
No. Grounding and bonding takes place at the main disconnect.
May I ask a ballpark range on what a job like this costs? I have an almost identical situation, where I would like my breaker box moved but ours is actually even a closer the the original breaker spot. I would like to move it around 3 feet to another side of the wall but have no clue what a fair price guideline is to ask around?
$2000-$3900.
@@electricianron_New_Jersey Thank you so much for your response!
Can you use the old box as junction box sub panel? I want to move my new service about 7ft away from old service.
Sure, you could that but if I were I would check with the building department what their requirements might be to do this properly. You’ll probably need a new cover for the panel that doesn’t have holes where the breakers used to be. Stuff like that!
Why the wires entered the panel thru a unprotected knockout hole? Need to prevent the sharp edges of the hole cutting the romex.
@@anonymous.369 I do? Hmm.
The junction boxes are too low for drywall to go over them?
The drywall will not go over/cover them. The code prohibits concealing junction boxes. They will be exposed with blank covers in the finished ceiling as he stated in the video.
Nice job! You need an apprentice to help hold the light and you can pass on the trade.
An apprentice would need to know more than how to hold a light.
🤘🍿🍷
I hope you can come out to my house if your not too busy. i called and left you a message. I need almost identical job as this in Tinton Falls but i have 2 panels.
@electrician Ron. I see you mounted the pvc on the bottom of the joist. I get it was easiest path. I thought that room as going to be finished.
I missed this answer of why the conduit was mounted to the bottom of the joist?
Lol using knock out seals for tokens 😂
That’s a true story.
I don’t think anyone could have done a neater job.
Thanks and there are other really good electricians out there.
When extended the branch circuits why don’t u use all 3 wire cables this way u ran 1/2 the cables and have 1/2 the amounts of neutrals and grounds ?
I’m in NY now original from NJ is it legal to use the 3 wire to extend the branch circuits today also when I did residential we used all 3 wire for the home runs made it a faster install
True that the 4-wire multi-wire branch circuit (MWBC) would've been easier to install, but like for like is more practical should the homeowner want to have the ARC-fault circuit breakers in the future. The MWBC would also require additional double-pole circuit breakers.
That’s true but u can’t use a 4 wire cable in a single phase panel only 3 phase panel can’t double up a neutral on one phase ?
Do you need to put in afci breakers?
As per the older code only on certain areas but when the newer code kicks in I believe this year ? Most of the panel will need arc fault breakers
Thanks so much for showing everything. It's great seeing a skilled electrician do each step. Seeing how you extended the wires was particularly helpful to me. As I've considered moving some circuits out of my existing main panel to a sub panel and I just wasn't sure how to extend the wires.
Great video