How To Wire A Residential 200 Amp Main Panel

In today's how-to, we will be making up a residential 200 amp main electric panel.

[@yuripolkavich7469]

Refreshing to see some contractors still take pride in their trade.

[@lyricnash1390]

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[@danielfrias9727]

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[@michaelbitetti5300]

Beautiful work! Love the labeling, neatness, and attention to detail, with one exception: the panel cover mounting screws will contact the wires at the top four positions in your panel. You'll never see it as it will only happen when you screw the cover on. Most of the time it won't damage the wire. It did for me... once! Since then I ALWAYS dress the wires far enough back so that the screws cannot possibly touch any of the wires. Those screws are longer than you might think!

[@billmonroe8826]

You hit a good point. A building inspector that doesn't want to be proven wrong. Instead of becoming a better inspector by having something pointed out, they would rather show their authority and be a prick about it.

[@jefferycherrysr6568]

Nothing like neat professional workmanship

[@pmm422]

Now that's how an electrical panel should look!!!! Nice work!

[@ethanVROOMAN]

I feel like Mr rodgers is teaching me electrical.

[@JaredDonovan-m4l]

super clean... Nice work

[@MarkLawry]

I like your cardboard shield.

[@Toomuchtom777]

Very nice work. Neat and clean

[@ctbt1832]

That’s a good idea about the breaker for the dryer. Leaving a space

[@RE-ee3ud]

Very neat, you guys do great work.

[@clemconstructiongroup1700]

Thank you

[@Mrdealornodeal618]

This was really good. Thanks

[@donnbialik9085]

You guys might want to think about using larger boxes with more spaces. That box looks a little smallish.

[@rocket1949]

Beautiful and very professional work.

[@electricianron_New_Jersey]

Meanwhile... this panel comes with rubber covers that are designed to cover the main breaker lugs as required by the code. Dont get me wrong, the cardboard is a good practice when you have to work hot.

[@biniamberhe7810]

Everything looks good. One think I notice you are not using a proper tools lumexs wire stripper .

[@jefferycherrysr6568]

Great informative video thanks for this

[@tyranelewis7763]

I thumbs up you as soon as I seen you cover the exposed live (HOT) main wires. You won me then!! Question? In a full electric house 200amp Panel is it safe to add double pole 50Amp Nema 14-50 ?

[@illestofdemall13]

That can't be answered without more information. An electrician would have to calculate the loads you are using at your house to determine whether or not you can safely add another large load.

[@ralphcampisi9696]

Nice work, why is panel mounted so high?

[@Emphasis213]

Is that a pex trunked line next to a breaker?

[@funny524k]

Always leave extra wire for future might not be as nice looking but good for future also we would sleeve the wire in a conduit going down a wall but we have to run conduit in most areas in all residential in my area Romex is not allowed.

[@vdarr1]

Do you have a video on how to run wires from box to primary incoming by chance?

[@konradpetz7317]

Nice neat job. In Canada we can not go through the main breaker compartment. In fact our panels have a separate inside cover that covers the main breaker area and no path for branch wires to pass through. Also did he leave any slack wire at the terminals.

[@harriettubman534]

He didn’t need to to there is slack above the panel in the ceiling most likely so it can just be pulled down if needed

[@jdsoymarcos]

beautiful video !, background music takes away the fullness of the presentation , noisy music ; but is ok to the maker , try a video with no music and see the views . thanks for your nice presentacion !. I wish every body could have this kind of energy to teach their beloved ones

[@wildmanofborneo]

Thanks for the video, hope I didn't miss this in your video..... when replacing a main panel, if the wires are too short, can a splice be added using wire nuts, where the wire nut connections would be contained in the main panel box?

[@coleclifton6876]

Yes

[@donnierobertson3088]

Nice job and video

[@sku32956]

I like a good three quarter inch ply wood to mount the panel too and the rest .

[@JohnAbrahamCA]

Excellent electrical job. One concern I have is that breaker panel and water manifolds are next to each other. In the event of any water leakage, are we not looking for a wet panel of 200 A?

[@clemconstructiongroup1700]

That is a natural gas manifold over to the right

[@lloydmills9619]

Doesnt matter it meets the clearance requirements.

[@davidleard9977]

Hmm, At 4:45 he shows how double breakers feed from both bus bars , then he goes on to say each single breaker from that side on down come from the same bus bar. Is that correct?

[@jeremyrock9305]

Nice and neat

[@tedluy9745]

What kind of circuit breaker is that ? It doesn't need to to connect to the neutral bus bar?

[@clemconstructiongroup1700]

In most of the new QO panels the neutral is part of the connection when the breaker is clipped into place in lieu of the old pigtail neutrals. So yes it is connected to neutral but internally through the breaker connection

[@nunusthirst167]

Clem Construction Group What is a fare price for the following. Install 200amp main breaker panel (40 space) Install up to 30 feet of 200 amp Service cable Install new 200amp meter pan install new grounding and bonding Label the panel price includes permit fee

[@wim0104]

you need a PON (Plug-On Neutral) panel, there's an extra neutral bar under the breakers, PON breakers latch onto it. It's awesome, saves a lot of messing around.

[@williamrowlands7191]

@@nunusthirst167 don't live in your country and would never waste 200amps we normally charge 299 Euros parts and labour including certificates of codes and guarantees

[@robrodriguez4866]

I was looking for a ground bus the whole time. Pause at 3:49. You can see a little more clearly where the breakers make contact with both the hot and neutral sides of the panel

[@jimhendrix7776]

loooooks amazing!

[@purenupe1]

It's well done and neat... though I'm not a fan of romex... I'd much rather pull replacement wires through conduit versus trying to feed romex through completed walls for a new home run

[@timdouglass4934]

Beautiful job, new subscriber

[@clemconstructiongroup1700]

Thank you

[@davidsmith3828]

Extremely annoying background music! Distracting! Great video...

[@cohenkevinloriqueen818]

Very Good !! AAA +++

[@adventuresforjesuswithcam9598]

Great video but had alot of trouble hearing you.

[@Mikesmittmasters]

This is so cool

[@helookalikaman79]

9:10 wait!!!

[@robertl.fallin7062]

Audio engineer needed really bad!

[@andrewarnold8794]

I always look away, you never know...proceeds to look directly at breaker and flip...bruh

[@jhunter84133]

that's geeked, I watched like 10 times and it gets funnier every time.

[@elemento1991]

He’s at least off to the side lol. Another tip a good journeyman taught me is to take a full breath and hold it incase there’s an arc blast because people tend to gasp from being startled and they’ll breath in the vaporized copper and fry their lungs. Probably more important on large loads and medium/high voltage but I always do it on any decent sized breaker.

[@m_lopez8272]

Why not test each circuit for grounds/shorts with a meter prior to landing it? Do you guys ever do this?

[@electricianron_New_Jersey]

who's got time to do that?

[@residentmusical7544]

👍👍👍. Done subscribe.

[@trailhopper45]

Surprised that there are no comments concerning breaker screw torque application. EVERY circuit breaker has a torque rating listed on the breaker (usually in foot pounds) that should be adhered to, however; have only seen maybe 1 or 2 electricians other than myself use it in my 34 years experience...

[@davidleard9977]

never mind , i answered my own question .

[@sdmairs2386]

The wiring is meticulous but the audio is crappy. If you can't always speak to the camera then you gotta mic yourself. As with running wires, anything worth doing is worth doing right.

[@jimcollins7340]

Where I live , ontario Canada, this panel would FAIL. You can not enter panel at top with circuit wires in main breaker area. Our panels have a barrier isolating the main breaker section. Only seen one person do this on a house that belonged to federal government, their inspector looked at it and took my boss around to show him what a nice job this was, I an apprentice at the time was taken around and told this was the way all other houses were to be done. When our supply authority inspector came he failed the job! Didn't look so good when the journeyman had to put a row of 4" boxes in to splice all the wires he had cut off. Retired 55 year electrician this has stuck with me. Most new builds have panel turned 90 degrees allowing wires to enter directly in a straight line looks good.

[@kevinlester]

Jim this was the first thing I was thinking also. Our panels are not allowed to have circuits come through the top. There's a barrier.

[@stephenmarshall2039]

Canada code is different than ours

[@joewinkler2168]

Ya need to leave the music in your car. And give the guy a Mike of his own.

[@natecote1971]

Customer pays extra to make a art piece lol

[@mikemacdonald2032]

its called quality workmanship. what would look more professional, this or the exact opposite ?

[@diegoramos5410]

One thing that sucks in southern California working with paisa's and they spell shit wrong lol

[@bretwalley4673]

How is exposed romex legal?

[@jesseestrada4290]

I. Mean that top wires setup looks pretty but to me as an electrician is waste of time and money, just id them.in the panel and the panel schedule and done...! You probably wasted one hr or more making the top of the outside panel pretty and wrote the circuit name twice, I mean to me it actually looks messy not clean work, but for each it's own.

[@EdD-iflyFl500]

Fix your audio in post production! It sucks

[@williamrowlands7191]

Not a good system in my country its 240 ac all circuts equipment and sockets earth leaking protection but we don't use them on lighting just rcbs 200 amp is huge and requires large cabling silly waste we use a 40 amp fuse never blows thanks for reading this

[@nunusthirst167]

What is a fare price for the following. Install 200amp main breaker panel (40 space) Install up to 30 feet of 200 amp Service cable Install new 200amp meter pan install new grounding and bonding Label the panel price includes permit fee This is in New Jersey

[@andrewcunningham3408]

$1,800 is my guess. For New Jersey....hmm...I'd say about $567,973.42...rough estimate

[@johnkulpowich5260]

$3000

[@buk6708]

2k in Georgia, so about 1,000,000 in NJ

[@nunusthirst167]

Buk lol

[@lloydmills9619]

I'm in NJ 08069 I charge about $2600 for 200 amp Service. $1800 is low pretty much everyplace.

[@mikeeat7918]

I bet that took a while you would be fired in a matter of weeks if you worked for old timer electricians lol losing money 🤦‍♂️

[@toddkinchen8066]

Your explaining basic stuff not how to wire everything

[@foxfetterworth7942]

Great video totally ruined by monotonously idiotic, totally unnecessary background noise.