Installing 100 Amp Service Wire To Work Shop 

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You do not need to. But you do need a ground rod and the green screw must be installed in the panel. For the most part you are correct. Ground rod required, conductors in conduit to the panel, trench too shallow. But, please get your NEC and read 250.32(B)(1) Exceptions 1 and 2. I am referencing 2017 NEC. The NEC is still waffling on the installation of a feeder to a separate building. It has gone back and forth since I started in 1983. Basically the rule is as you stated, and the exceptions are as in video, minus ground rod and is allowed. Personally, I wish they would have stated the rule and exception said past installations are allowed to remain, but the didn't. Respectfully, Kevin

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i am looking to tackle a similar project and DIY to save some money and get the experience. Would it be more appropriate to wire the sub box in the shop my self and then hire a pro to button it up?

@@jonathanbaxter5821 Hello John I have been a commercial/residential electrician for 6 years and have run my own projects. I am not going to talk about the code itself but i varies greatly from city to city and neighbor hood to neighbor hood. I just want to say for the end there about about the electrician getting flagged. I don't know your electrician personally like I know other guys in how he did his work but getting flagged even the guys with the most experience happens at times. First there is the instance that may be on the masters electricians fault and that is having his guys do it and not checking himself before saying were good for inspection. Two is that the electrical code changed recently in that county and he just wasn't informed of it. The way electrical code works is every 3 years a code book is published nationally. But that doesn't mean the code is that for the county. The local building department has to decide if they will even accept any of the new codes. And sometimes they will accepts codes that were made more then 3 years ago will now be accepting them. So there are times that the electricians will do work and get flagged because the electrical code will have changed without them knowing. Now you might think why don't you just try hard to keep track of these changes. Well theres two reasons why that can be very hard: One is that electricians usually work in many different counties so keeping an eye on all lets say 10 of them can be very difficult because of the second reason. Second the only way to know when there is a change is to read the transcript of like 40 pages for a 4 to 5 hour meeting where in the end they could say there won't be any changes. So most of the time its a waste of time and just easier to have the inspector come by just to let you know oh this changed for the area just fix it. So in the end you could read the code book your self but trust me if you did it exactly as is you might be wasting so much time and money because the county doesn't require it. P.S. Neutral and ground have needed to be separated since 1987 google it.

fnbanshee yes it will save you a ton of money to buy mount and run the feeders yourself, if you don’t feel comfortable let an electrician do the rest

By what I can see from the limited views of the sub panel.....it looks like the neutral/ground are tied together. It may let you turn the lights on and run some power tools.....but as soon as you have some kind of short/fault you're gonna have personal safety/ fire hazard issues. Take that bottom strap that bonds the two bars together off and get a grounding strap for the bar with the bare ground wires that will bond it with the sub panel and run a ground outside to ground rods. This is how people get electrocuted and structures burn to the ground.

Mike Williams For the most part you are correct. Ground rod required, conductors in conduit to the panel, trench too shallow. But, please get your NEC and read 250.32(B)(1) Exceptions 1 and 2. I am referencing 2017 NEC. The NEC is still waffling on the installation of a feeder to a separate building. It has gone back and forth since I started in 1983. Basically the rule is as you stated, and the exceptions are as in video, minus ground rod and is allowed. Personally, I wish they would have stated the rule and exception said past installations are allowed to remain, but the didn't. Respectfully, Kevin

William DeBow Please see 250.32(B)(1) Exceptions 1 and 2.

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I’m not a electrician and I wired my hole shop 12X32 plugs motion sensor lighting exhaust fan everything’s good to go

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@@tumbiola No. Deoxidizing compound. Not the same

It's not required anymore

Pshh stop hating on this older gentleman he’s not a electrician. So if you had any brains you’d know that and realize he probably didn’t know any better

Thanks for the info Bill. I have a bolt cutter but I didn't think about using it. When we bought the wire from Home Depot the employee there used a hack saw so I did also. We are going to add a ground rod at the building because several people have recommended that. Have a great weekend, Calvin

@@SouthernCountryLiving With Aluminum entrance cable need to use No-Ox on the wire.

Chris Mitchell u can use the gray under ground . and he is using pvc so its a plus

UF-B may be run underground, the depth depending on your local. My area requires 24" depth of burial.

Does this have to go panel to panel in conduit?

@@jcteck88 you have to chk with local codes they vary greatly just know what size sub panel amps and rough distance from panel to panel as these 2 will be needed to size proper wire guage for feeders and how far to dig down

The wiring they used is approved for underground burial, which can be used without conduit. They didn't show it, but it needs to be a certain depth, usually 12-24" depending on if it goes under a walkway, driveway etc.... They can even go as shallow as 4 inches as long as they pour 4 inches of concrete over it. I didn't see them take out the bonding screw either, but I hope they did. They also didn't trim the Romex sheathing to within 1 inch of where they enter the panel. Looks like 3-4 inches to me, which is not allowed.

Thanks for watching. Most of my good tools are 30+ years old. The newer tools are made with cheap metal that just won't hold up to hard work. Have a great weekend, Calvin and Marie

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Thanks for watching, just be sure to check your local codes before starting. Have a great weekend, Calvin

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Thanks very much, we were working on a tight budget. Just trying to get it done. You're right about no one wants to give any advice at all. Have a great weekend, Calvin

Psh nolox is so overrated and doesn’t do shit unless you live next to a beach

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Thanks very much. It may not be perfect, but it is working great. I did it just like a neighbors building was wired and it was wired by a licensed electrician. You are right it saved a lot of money. Have a great day, Calvin

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Thanks very much Deb. You're finding some of my old videos. Videos like that got our channel started. Through the years I've been involved in a lot of projects helping a lot of friends and family. I'm finally starting to cut back on my work on projects. Marie said hey !!! Have a fantastic weekend, Calvin and Marie

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Depends on which inspector inspects it. I've seen inspector Pass a sub panel for an apartment with only three overhead wires running to it. Both the main panel and sub panel each had a grounding rod. I guess he was trying to make an American TT grounding system. But it is sad when the national electrical code isn't followed.

@@jonathanfurtado3696 i know very, well extremely little about electric work other than how to run wires, but i would still never not follow codes. If your house burns down, your insurance company wont cover it. Its a cashcow, but it also saves lives.

Please get your NEC and read 250.32(B)(1) Exceptions 1 and 2. I am referencing 2017 NEC. The NEC is still waffling on the installation of a feeder to a separate building. It has gone back and forth since I started in 1983. Basically the rule is as you stated, and the exceptions are as in video, minus ground rod and is allowed. Personally, I wish they would have stated the rule and exception said past installations are allowed to remain, but the didn't. Respectfully, Kevin

Thanks, I especially like how much he don't charge me to help me. LOL !!! Have a great day.

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Thanks very much. I think that it was 2-2-2 but that was over a year ago. Be sure to check you local code, every one is saying that it requires the four conductor wire. Our local building supply said that what we used is what is required. A separate ground rod is also required at the building.

@@SouthernCountryLiving Thank you for taking the time to reply , I will check my codes here in Indiana , Keep up the Great work and God Bless

Also, where would a 4th wire be hooked up at since you mentioned current code requires 4?

One other thing, I don't think code allows for your panel to be in a closet with clothes.

Thanks for watching. Current code calls for four wires. I wired this by the old code. Yes the wires have to be connected correctly. They have lines or colors to identify them. Calvin

The 4th wire is a ground wire.

The panel in a closet is in a house built in the early 1960's. You probably can't do that now, but codes were different back then.

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We've had no problems with it.

Thanks for watching. I'm not sure about that distance. I'm not an electrician. We bought our wire based on what the building supply recommended.

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If you look closely, one of the wires has a yellow line mark on it.

Thanks for watching. Just remember that the current code calls for four wires from main panel to the sub panel to meet the current code. Have a great weekend, Calvin

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Southern Country Living Thanks Calvin, You and your wife do the same!

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I'm not an electrician but it sounds like you need a bigger main panel box for everything that you want to run.

A lot of older homes have 100 amp service

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@@SouthernCountryLiving that is 100amp on #2 aluminum right? We ran 180ft of it to do 100amp breaker in house to 100sub panel in the workshop. I was afraid after running all that underground that my wire was to small! Hope you can answer that

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We used 100 amp breakers

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We used 100 amp breakers in the house

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Thanks for watching. You can't see it in the video but the neutral wire is marked. Calvin

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Thanks very much for watching. We never got an estimate on having someone else do it so I really don't know. It may not be perfect but it works great. Calvin

Calvin I looked real close and took notes for supply list thanks.

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The ground from your sub panel can attach to the ground/neutral buss bar at the main panel

Nick Please read. 250.32(B)(1) Exceptions 1 and 2.

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Thanks, although I'm not a licensed electrician, I have worked with electricity and electronics all of my life.

Thanks for watching, our run was about 90 feet the best I can remember. Other than that it was about the same. Calvin

@@SouthernCountryLiving cool so sounds like I should be just fine. Having multiple electricians tell me two different things. So frustrating. I don’t have an other family with wisdom such as you there to pass to next generations! You are awesome. Keep up the good work. Your videos help people like me that didn’t have much of a dad growing up so I look to others to learn. God bless y’all

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chk your local codes but should be ok

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Thanks for watching. Be sure to check with your local building codes first. Yes each line from the panel feeds several outlets. You can watch my other video and it tells more about how the outlets are wired. This is a link to the video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SvwkY31Kv8k.html

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