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How to make $1000 in 1 Day as an Electrician #bluecollar

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Hendy The Sparky

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This project involves upgrading an existing electrical sub panel in a garage to increase its capacity, specifically to support two electric vehicle (EV) chargers and a generator inlet. The process includes ensuring safety by de-energizing the circuit, properly installing a ground bar, mounting the new sub panel, connecting all circuits, installing breakers, and finally, testing the system.

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what's up guys it's heny Des Sparky here electric service call Tuesday a resident just called and he needed his sub panel in his garage upgraded he needs more breaker capacity for his EV charger right there I'm going to show you guys how to upgrade a sub panel to more capacity stay tuned now before working on a sub panel guys you want to make sure it is off because you don't want to work on anything live check out these brunt boots I highly recommend for any electricians cuz they're electric Hazard rated so just in case God for something everwhere to happen he got me another tip when installing a sub panel you need to install a crown bar you need to separate the grounds and neutrals whenever you're installing a sub panel in a main panel you can just have the grounds and neutrals bonded together in one bar when it's a sub panel it needs to be separated cuz it's part of the code so stay tuned guys we electricians we never use hammers we use Linens or pliers as hammers guys I'm sweating I live in New Jersey it is hot as hell around this time of year it's like 100° comment where you live and if you're doing a trade in New Jersey or you're from a different state I want to know all right guys now we got our sub panel mounted and all our wires in the new sub panel the hardest part about installing these sub panels it's really getting the wires in once you have the wires in it's basically home run so we're almost done here all right guys getting to the end last step in the sub panel is putting in the breakers you should always do the grounds first then the neutral that's what I did some of the wiring guys make sure you tape your neutrals white so I use a black wire but I taped it white you have to tape it white for a code I got my grounds separated uh I had to you know extend my grounds a little bit cuz they were a little short but got my grounds there and my Hots the double poles let's get the cover on this is the best feeling right putting on the final cover electricians you know guys we just flipped on the breakers juice boxes on mission complete so here we have our new sub panel we got our two 50 amp Breakers and now we have the extra capacity 30 amp for this generator Inlet juice box is on connection is good and the Tesla wall connector is on so let's go guys customer is satisfied he got his BMW charging and his Tesla on the other side you can't see it but it's charging and we got the juice box charging this BMW and that Tesla over there charger is charging that Tesla Model y on the other side we got that sub panel working that's how you do it

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