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Service Call, Customer wants a Sub Panel upgrade for EV #electrican #bluecollar

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Hendy The Sparky

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This project guides you through the process of upgrading an electrical sub-panel, primarily to increase breaker capacity for additional loads like an EV charger. It covers essential safety procedures, mounting the new panel, separating grounds and neutrals, proper wiring techniques, and final testing.

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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 another tip when installing a sub panel you need to install a ground bar you need to separate the ground and neutrals whenever you're installing a sub panel part of the code we got our sub panel mounted and all our wires in the new sub panel 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 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 on the breakers juice box is on mission complete so here we have our new sub panel we

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