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Basement Electrical Panel and Routing Assessment

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ELECTRICIAN INSTALLS CAR CHARGER FOR CUSTOMER AND THIS HAPPENED!

What happens here

Enter the basement to survey the existing electrical panel and plan the wiring route. Identify potential obstructions like HVAC ductwork and existing insulation. Note the location of the main electrical panel to determine the best path for running the new 50-amp electrical line. The installer indicates that the customer's panel uses SER cable, which has 4 conductors (2 hot, 1 neutral, 1 ground), typically used for sub-panels. He notes that SEU cable has only 3 conductors (2 hot, 1 ground, combined neutral/ground) and is for main panels only. For a hardwired EV charger, only two hot conductors and one ground conductor (earth) are needed.

Goal: Plan the cable route and assess electrical panel suitability

Tools and materials

  • Headlamp — Providing illumination in dark basement areas
  • Safety Glasses — Protecting eyes from flying debris and insulation

What they say

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now entering the basement and I just want to get a feel every time before we do a job we just want to get a feel of the customer's home and as you can see uh the panel is in a wide open spot very accessible and we need to run in line an EV charger 50 amp line to that panel now first thing I look at is where are my obstructions now there's a lot of duct work there is HVAC in the way and we managed to run the line actually through the HVAC and I was in charge of that while my brother Ken on the job he's a journeyman he was doing mainly the condo work and it was a tight squeeze and a tight access job but you know we at we were made able to get through and right now in this scene actually I got a lot of insulation in my eyes and I highly recommend if you're an electrician to wear safety glasses I'm not wearing safety glasses right now but you know you'd be surprised you know the stuff that lands in your eyes when you're going in a a person's basement or an attic you know particles fly in your eye uh insulation you know wear safety glasses but here's the wire route that we ran guys and we ended up uh running it behind the Ducks and I'm showing you guys the current situation of the electrical panel now the customer lives in a town hall and there is SE cable ran and there's a difference between sc cable and seu so SE has a neutral which is an additional conductor versus seu has only uh three conductors so let me let me explain so SC has four conductors seu has three conductors when you install SC it is for a sub panel the customer has a sub panel here but we

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