fishfactor
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I've done some electrician supervised wiring on several houses and never had any corrctions to make. Now I'm building and wiring my own house and have a question.
I'm installing a standby generator that I had installed at my previous home. The instructions call for you to run "jumper wires" from the transfer panel to the main panel. Remove the hot wire from the breaker on the main panel and connect to the jumper wires with wire nuts.
Since this is new construction, I decided eliminate the jumper wires and run the circuits I want powered by the generator directly to the transfer panel. This will require the neutrals and grounds to be connected in the transfer panel where they remained in the main panel in a typical installation. I plan on running a jumper neutral and ground wire from the main panel to the transfer panel.
Now the problem. The transfer panel uses a unique neutral bar that snaps into plastic clips. This neutral bar is not long enough and I cannot find another one like it. It's made by CMC in Hamilton, OH. I talked to them and there is a $150 minimum order and they couldn't give me the name of any distributors. Not very helpful. The model # is NA78-1.
If I were to add neutral and ground bars of a different style, what is the correct way to connect each to the panel. In other words, does the neutral and/or ground bar need to be bolted to the can or isolated from the can?
Thanks for any help.
I'm installing a standby generator that I had installed at my previous home. The instructions call for you to run "jumper wires" from the transfer panel to the main panel. Remove the hot wire from the breaker on the main panel and connect to the jumper wires with wire nuts.
Since this is new construction, I decided eliminate the jumper wires and run the circuits I want powered by the generator directly to the transfer panel. This will require the neutrals and grounds to be connected in the transfer panel where they remained in the main panel in a typical installation. I plan on running a jumper neutral and ground wire from the main panel to the transfer panel.
Now the problem. The transfer panel uses a unique neutral bar that snaps into plastic clips. This neutral bar is not long enough and I cannot find another one like it. It's made by CMC in Hamilton, OH. I talked to them and there is a $150 minimum order and they couldn't give me the name of any distributors. Not very helpful. The model # is NA78-1.
If I were to add neutral and ground bars of a different style, what is the correct way to connect each to the panel. In other words, does the neutral and/or ground bar need to be bolted to the can or isolated from the can?
Thanks for any help.
