Installing A Brand New Circuit Breaker

There are just a few steps licensed electricians follow to put in a brand new circuit breaker. Within this demonstration, this Orange County Electrician will explain to you how he securely installs a new circuit breaker.

Step 1

Initially, he will shut the ability off in the main panel so the amp sub-panels do not have any reside wires. Next, he unscrews the breaker panel. The typical house has one panel, which in lays the main breaker along with a large assembly of solitary pole and double pole breakers. You will find nonetheless live wires which consist of the larger wires entering the panel that feed the primary breaker. He checks the incoming wires are not live by utilizing an electrical tester and when the electrical tester reads zero, it is safe to begin putting in the brand new breaker.

Step 2

The next stage is to set up a brand new cable clamp. Placing inside a cable clamp is easy. Throughout the edges with the panel box are knockouts. He hammers 1 of the knockouts having a screw driver so he can screw the brand new cable clamp in to the circuit panel. He now can run the new wire in to the circuit panel. When the new wire is within the circuit panel, he now cautiously cuts the outside jacket off of the wire towards the circuit clamp.

Step 3

The third step is to connect the ground wire, which is the wire without a sleeve, inside the circuit wire. He places the ground wire in to the ground bar. When tightening, he must be careful to not tighten as well tightly or the ground wire might break.

Step 4

He will location the neutral wire (white wire) in to the neutral line. Cut the suggestion with the plastic encompassing the neutral wire and slide it into the neutral line. As soon as once more, he screws this wire in position but is cautious to not tighten as well tightly.

Step 5

Now he will set up the circuit breaker. Around the bottom of the breaker there's a screw that he loosens. Then he places the final wire below the screw. The last wire will be black. Following the black wire is in place, he tightens the screw to hold the wire in place. The breaker that he is installing will have three prongs on the backside. These will maintain the breaker in place. He aligns the breaker into the empty location and pushes the prongs in. Your circuit breaker is now secure.

Lastly, he eliminates the knock out from the panel cover and places it over the circuit panel. The client now features a new circuit breaker