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Terminate Wires and Secure Exterior Disconnect

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POV: What a $5000 Electrician Job Looks Like, Installing a 200 AMP Service for a Home, Thoughts?

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What happens here

After preparing the main service wires, the electrician meticulously terminates them within the exterior emergency disconnect, ensuring secure and proper connections to the main breaker's lugs. Once all connections are made and verified, he installs the cover onto the disconnect box. Using a cordless drill, he fastens the cover securely with screws, completing the exterior portion of the new service installation.

Goal: Complete wiring and secure the exterior emergency disconnect

Tools and materials

  • Cordless Drill DeWalt — Securing the disconnect cover
  • Exterior Emergency Disconnect Cover — Protecting the internal components of the disconnect
  • Gloves Firm Grip — Hand protection during assembly
  • Screws — Fastening the disconnect cover

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why, but we have to do it cuz it's an updated code. I'm using my cable stripper tool to strip my four lot aluminum wires. I could have stripped the jacket with a razor knife, but this tool makes it go faster. Work smarter, not harder. Boom, we got the wires all terminated. I put on the cover of the exterior disconnect. Now, I go to inside the home to help my bro Ken as he was wiring up the new 200 amp electrical panel. I start knocking out the circuit breaker slots of the panel cover and labeling the circuits. Using my lineman's to make the knockouts. After that was done, we turn on the main power

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