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Pass, fail, fail but safe??? Opinions.
I guess that's what you do when you forget to buy a ground bar??
Does homeline not have a way to remove that jumper and still bond one bar to the box? I use Siemens and you can remove the jumper and still bond the box through the lug.
Probably fail for stupidity, but safe.
Exactly.. we don't have a "code" for that, so I use "altering equipment"LMAO.:thumbsup:
Pass, fail, fail but safe??? Opinions.
Exactly.. we don't have a "code" for that, so I use "altering equipment"
The bond screw is in the bar - approximately center of can - right next to where it was cut in the photo.
I read the link you posted in the other forum and saw the opinions voiced there. While it has been altered and the link says not to I would not see the harm in letting it stay this way. The two are isolated and the ground buss is bonded to the can. Like you said, if an AHJ, I would accept this usage. It is not like the bar was replaced with a piece of unknown metal or capacity.
shame on the manufacture for not making a panelboard that can be easily converted for use as a subpanel with out the use of a hacksaw.
Why do you need a hacksaw?
All that is needed is the grounding bar kit and some basic skills to put it in without resorting to being a hack.
I don't recall the last time that I have seen a panel like that, but if that's the worst that you found, what exactly is the harm?
Fail but safe still requires redoing the entire panel, and replacing with a new one.
Adding a grand bar kit, deleting a strap, potato patoto.
I don't have a problem with it. What I have a problem with is the manufacturer making this a possible violation so that the customer has to spend additional money for a ground bar kit. There are more than enough slots for every circuit to have its own neutral and EGC's so they should provide a way to separate the bars, I would pass it.
Roger
I don't have a problem with it. What I have a problem with is the manufacturer making this a possible violation so that the customer has to spend additional money for a ground bar kit. There are more than enough slots for every circuit to have its own neutral and EGC's so they should provide a way to separate the bars.
Roger