whackit
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- Los Angeles, CA
Happy New Year!
I'm a contractor getting several different answers from my electricians so as usual--coming here for a tie breaker. I have a situation where a customer decided they want to add some outdoor heaters to an existing pool sub panel. The panel cable is currently undersized for the heaters and we will need to re-pull (panel is fine will obviously replace breaker). There are only small 120v loads on this panel. One 15amp lighting circuit and a 20amp outlet. Everything else will be 240. One electrician is telling me I can downsize my neutral to the same size as the ground as a minimum. The other is telling me I need to upsize the neutral to match the new hot legs. I would normally just go with all the same size but I am stuck with a 1" conduit that there is no getting around (under finished decking etc) being able to reduce the neutral would be helpful so I don't have to pack the conduit and can potentially get some larger wires in there. Thanks in advance.
I'm a contractor getting several different answers from my electricians so as usual--coming here for a tie breaker. I have a situation where a customer decided they want to add some outdoor heaters to an existing pool sub panel. The panel cable is currently undersized for the heaters and we will need to re-pull (panel is fine will obviously replace breaker). There are only small 120v loads on this panel. One 15amp lighting circuit and a 20amp outlet. Everything else will be 240. One electrician is telling me I can downsize my neutral to the same size as the ground as a minimum. The other is telling me I need to upsize the neutral to match the new hot legs. I would normally just go with all the same size but I am stuck with a 1" conduit that there is no getting around (under finished decking etc) being able to reduce the neutral would be helpful so I don't have to pack the conduit and can potentially get some larger wires in there. Thanks in advance.