brother
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I suppose this is more of a question for inspectors. A buddy of mine sent me a link to their states electrical Newsletter. Apparently the inspectors are requiring contractors to run new circuits for dryers and ranges when they only swapping or adding a panel and the existing panel becomes a subpanel. It was my understanding that as long as you didn't touch those existing branch circuits or didn't uncover over 50% of the wall you would not have to do that. Apparently some have been redtag on this.
What is your opinion of this? Does your area require you to rewire the dryer and stove when you only added a subpanel and didn't touch the existing branch circuits? This can be extra time consuming and extra money depending on how far and what crawling around you have to do to run that new 4 wire.
Here is what it says:
What is your opinion of this? Does your area require you to rewire the dryer and stove when you only added a subpanel and didn't touch the existing branch circuits? This can be extra time consuming and extra money depending on how far and what crawling around you have to do to run that new 4 wire.
Here is what it says:
newsletter said:Changing an Existing 3-wire Service into a 4-wire Sub-Panel & Existing 3-Wire Circuits
Occasionally, inspectors encounter an existing service panel that has been modified into a 4-wire sub-panel. This may cause the existing 3-wire range and clothes dryer circuits to be out of compliance with NEC 250.140. When a service panel is modified to a 4-wire sub-panel, any existing 3-wire range or clothes dryer circuits are no longer compliant with 250.140, exception and must be modified to meet code. Code does not allow running a 4-wire feeder and re-bonding the equipment grounding conductor to the neutral downstream of the newly created sub-panel
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