Recessed Panelboard

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Alwayslearningelec

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I know I asked this way back but can't find. When you mount say a 150A panelboard in a metal stud wall how it the panel supported in the wall? Is strut used? Anyone have pics of how this looks? Thanks.
 
Track is the top and bottom "plates"
The studs fit inside the track, all facing one direction. So the panel would rest against a flat side of a stud on one side, and open side of a stud on the other

Cut a piece of track and slide over the open side stud so the panel has something flat to screw intoScreenshot_20230720_202144_Chrome.jpg
 
James L said:
Track is the top and bottom "plates"
The studs fit inside the track, all facing one direction. So the panel would rest against a flat side of a stud on one side, and open side of a stud on the other

Cut a piece of track and slide over the open side stud so the panel has something flat to screw intoView attachment 2566481
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Ok, so I get it. The carpenter frames the wall. Your saying the panel is secured to the metal studs(if metal stud framing)?
 
It's very easy to add, move, or reverse a steel stud to put the flat surfaces where needed.

All you need for most steel framing work are a drill/driver and a pair of snips.
 
Alwayslearningelec said:
But the studs are 16" OC( I believe) and that's not a panel width.
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Most panels I've installed fit quite nicely in 16" center studs. Yes, steel stud framing is a bit different. Easy to take care of as others have noted.
I so much prefer steel stud framing to wood.
BTW, what is the panel width?

Ron
 
rc/retired said:
Most panels I've installed fit quite nicely in 16" center studs. Yes, steel stud framing is a bit different. Easy to take care of as others have noted.
I so much prefer steel stud framing to wood.
BTW, what is the panel width?

Ron
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Residential panelboards (loadcenters) are typically built to fit between 16" studs. Commerical panelboards, for the most part, have been 20"W for some 60 years.
 
hillbilly1 said:
Unless it’s a Union job, a lot of times the electricians re-frame it theirselfs, but usually the framers are good at modifying the wall for you.
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Sometimes it's easier for the electrician to re-frame because explaining to the framers exactly what we want may not be easy - or it may have to be designed as we go.
 
jim dungar said:
Residential panelboards (loadcenters) are typically built to fit between 16" studs. Commerical panelboards, for the most part, have been 20"W for some 60 years.
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Yes sir. I was mostly a commercial electrician. ,most of the commercial panelboards I installed were surface mounted.
Although the few that were recessed, we, as electricians, had to reframe the studs.

Ron
 
Alwayslearningelec said:
But the studs are 16" OC( I believe) and that's not a panel width.
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Wood stud locations 16"OC will give you 14.5" in between studs, that is standard now for a panel enclosure. Metal studs might have slightly wider gap thus James L suggestion to have additional Metal studs to reverse for a screw surface to mount panel enclosure. When we've had a 6" deep wall we will sometimes mount a 3/4" ply in wall. That gives mounting points to secure cables entries into panel enclosure.
 
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