Electrical sub panel diagram. The basic structure of an electrical subpanel is the same as a service panel with the main feeder wire leading into bus bars and circuit breakersbranch wire circuits lead off of the circuit breakers into various parts of the house. How to install a 100 amp sub panel in a garage. Turn on the sub feed breaker in the main panel followed by the subpanel main and then the branch circuit breakers. It is essentially a satellite circuit breaker panel that has its own breakers and is usually installed in an area that is convenient to the area it serves.
Wire diagram for a. Apr 19 2016 i have a detached garage approximately 200ft from the main circuit panel. How to wire an electrical sub panel in a detached garage. Use 1 14 inch pvc conduit for a 100 amp sub panel or 1 inch pvc conduit if the sub panel is 50 amps or less.
A subpanel is a smaller service panel that distributes power to a specific area of the home or other buildings on the property. Assuming i want to install a 30 amp subpanel in answered by a verified electrician. If no sparks fly and the circuits that you moved to the subpanel now work youve done a great job and you now have the room you need to accommodate the additional circuits that will be added during the upcoming renovation project. A typical amperage and voltage for a subpanel might be 30 amp 240 volts.
More about wiring a sub panel. Dig an 18 inch deep trench for the outdoor electrical wire which you will run from the main panel box to the garage sub panel. Run the conduit from the garage to the main panel box. How to wire grounds and neutrals in sub panels all the neutrals and ground wire and terminal bars must be separated from each other and your sub feed should be a 4 wire cable that has a separated insulated neutral wire and a separate ground wire.
How to install a subpanel.