Installing an over the range microwave, ran the (yellow) wire to the box, but where can I attach the ground and neutral wires? The one bus on the right is full, the second bus on the right is empty, but can I use it? Nothing else is attached to it.
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If that’s is your main panel you can hook up the grounds and neutrals to any one of the bars. If it’s a sub fed panel the neutrals have to be isolated from the groundsInstalling an over the range microwave, ran the (yellow) wire to the box, but where can I attach the ground and neutral wires? The one bus on the right is full, the second bus on the right is empty, but can I use it? Nothing else is attached to it.
Surely it's all the same piece of metal?The one bus on the right is full, the second bus on the right is empty, but can I use it?
No it’s not, the neutral bar has an insulator on the bottom and is not an integral part of the panel, the ground bar doesn’t have an insulatorSurely it's all the same piece of metal?
Yes in the first panel after the power company service and any panel after that the neutrals and grounds must be separatedCan't I see ground and neutral conductors connected to the same things?
Let me ask you a question. Is that the only panel you have and is it located outsideEither I'm more confused than I thought, or we're at cross-purposes.
Am I not seeing, where highlighted, ground and neutral conductors connected together?
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It is a 2 pole 240vac. Residential is only 240/120 vac
You just have A phase and B phase and the neutral that’s in the middle looks burnt. It appears to be looseSo, in terms of the panel construction, what are A, B, and C, and which have continuity?
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It's the only panel, it's inside.Let me ask you a question. Is that the only panel you have and is it located outside
Something is going wrong with our communication.You just have A phase and B phase and the neutral that’s in the middle looks burnt. It appears to be loose
It may appear to all be together but turn all power off a read on the OHMS scale. Phase A and B will not read to ground. I think that you need a licensed electrician to help youSomething is going wrong with our communication.
How can either A or B be phase connections when they have both neutral and ground conductors connected to them?
It may appear to all be together but turn all power off a read on the OHMS scale. Phase A and B will not read to ground. I think that you need a licensed electrician to help you
I am finding my patience tried, so I hope this doesn't seem unacceptably aggresive:It may appear to all be together but turn all power off a read on the OHMS scale. Phase A and B will not read to ground. I think that you need a licensed electrician to help you
I am finding my patience tried, so I hope this doesn't seem unacceptably aggresive:
None of the bars which I have labelled A, B and C are phase terminals.
None of the conductors connected to the bars which I have labelled A, B and C are phase conductors - they are all neutrals or grounds.
So what are A, B, and C, and which have continuity?
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