i just installed a new circuit with a new 20amp breaker with #12 romex. Black wire goes to the breaker, white to the bus line. i just connected the third line, the bare line to the box, but it did not feel correct to me. should i have connected it to the same nuetral bus line with the other white line too? i did not see any connection where other bare lines went. This is a subpanel with an existing 220 line. My new breaker and line is 110v.
2007-02-12 05:23:54 · 8 answers · asked by zzzzz2zzz 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
There are two situations where there may be a difference. If the panel you wired to is your main service panel, then it is correct to land both the white grounded conductor (neutral) and the green and/or bare equipment grounding conductor to the same busbar.
If, on the other hand, this is a remote panel in, say, a detached garage or outbuilding, the neutral busbar and the equipment ground busbar SHOULD be separate, and the neutral busbar should be insulated from the panel's steel components.
It will be obvious which you have. If you see all the green and/or bare wires going to a different place than the white wires, put yours in the same place.
2007-02-12 07:11:19 · answer #1 · answered by Hank 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Ground Bus Bar
2016-10-06 07:52:39 · answer #2 · answered by bloomer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
zzzzzz2zzz,
I am a retired electrician. I have put in unnumbered boxes, and my work has never caused any problems.
Your answer is yes, you do put in the bare wire with the white wire. The white wire is neutral, not ground. However, the white and bare wires both have the same ground. The bare wire is a ground to protect from electrical shocks. The white wire is used as a neutral to operate the desired electrical Item.
I hope this is not confusing to you. Putting the white and bare wires together at the box is correct.
2007-02-12 05:35:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hank hit it on the head, if you have a 3 wire service 2 hots and a ground or a 4 wire service 2 hots a neutral and a ground with a 3 wire service Yes connect it with the whites, if it's a 4 wire service, look for a ground bar to hook it to.
2007-02-13 09:22:21 · answer #4 · answered by Ray D 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bare To Breaker
2017-01-05 10:22:06 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely.
2007-02-12 06:10:15 · answer #6 · answered by fibreglasscar 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good Job
2007-02-13 08:43:07 · answer #7 · answered by bob r 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You did it correctly
2007-02-12 05:27:43 · answer #8 · answered by daffyduct2006 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋