How Do Electrical Panels Work - An Explanation of All the Parts!

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  • @lukerussell6372
    @lukerussell6372 2 роки тому +84

    Dustin I just started an apprenticeship 4 weeks ago and honestly I feel lost and dont know wtf is going on most of my working hours but you have a way of explaining electricity that is just so sublime. You really explain everything in a way that just makes it click in my brain and I cannot thank you enough. You're a great teacher and if you are ever in the Chicago area I would love to buy you a beer! Take care man :)

    • @Ephesians-ts8ze
      @Ephesians-ts8ze 2 роки тому +16

      I can relate. I felt completely lost for a while when I first started and I had zero mechanical abilities. 9 years later I had a masters license. You got an edge over me back then, though. You got UA-cam and channels like Electrician U! We barely had internet. Stick with it. You got this my man.

    • @jeremynguyen2346
      @jeremynguyen2346 2 роки тому

      @@Ephesians-ts8ze I am sorry I learn from my mistake never ask questions again

    • @Ephesians-ts8ze
      @Ephesians-ts8ze 2 роки тому

      @@jeremynguyen2346 what do you mean?

    • @jeremynguyen2346
      @jeremynguyen2346 2 роки тому

      Please help me join the server lol 😂

    • @josephflanagan2527
      @josephflanagan2527 2 роки тому +3

      Hey man, I was in the same boat as you. Had absolutely no knowledge of electrical nor any trades, and I couldn’t tell the difference between an impact driver and a drill. Just show up everyday with the willingness to learn and you will start to understand electrical 👍

  • @petelucci1341
    @petelucci1341 9 місяців тому +4

    Nice job! Clear, concise and knowledgeable. Keep up the good work and I'll be tuning in often. Thank you!

  • @Madsleepy
    @Madsleepy 2 роки тому +5

    I love your videos. I'm an estimator working in construction and not having been a field guy, your videos go a long way to demystifying the electrical work.

  • @shanh54
    @shanh54 7 місяців тому +1

    You literally made everything crystal clear man thank you.

  • @FSAUDIOGUY
    @FSAUDIOGUY 2 роки тому +1

    This guy is worth his weight in gold as a pro & a teacher! TY E.U.!

  • @anthonygiordano6341
    @anthonygiordano6341 4 місяці тому

    This had to be the best informative video about how a circuit breaker panel works. Very informative, interesting, and easy to understand. Thank you for sharing this with us.

  • @raymond3722
    @raymond3722 2 роки тому +1

    Your introduction alone is electrifying.

  • @cheesesyrkyer5290
    @cheesesyrkyer5290 2 роки тому +6

    I'm not in trades and you explained this perfectly. Thank you. You actually made me understand this !

  • @Qiktime
    @Qiktime 2 роки тому +1

    Yo. So cool to meet you in person at the NECA BBQ. Once again thank you for all I’ve learned from you on my journey to master!

  • @SwitchingRooskies
    @SwitchingRooskies 2 роки тому +1

    High level overview of load center design. Nice work!

  • @raymond3722
    @raymond3722 2 роки тому +1

    Am so happy the day I come across your channel and be a subscriber, because I learned so much which definitely opened widens my knowledge.

  • @noahesken6764
    @noahesken6764 Рік тому

    This is one of my favorite videos. Thank you

  • @bshwin
    @bshwin 2 місяці тому

    Wonderful videos, the dots are starting to connect and soon I will have a circuit!

  • @mikegrimaldi5844
    @mikegrimaldi5844 10 місяців тому

    Excellent explanation. Explains why only half of ny circuits worked after having service panel replaced. Discovered one phase was loose in connection coming into house.

  • @manila65
    @manila65 Рік тому

    Boy I learned a lot from here. Keep it up man.

  • @lockpickingvlad
    @lockpickingvlad 2 роки тому +4

    Hey Dustin! Nice video, as always. Thank you for all your work. I recently came across an A/C unit which was wired with 12/2 romex in a pvc conduit going to 40 amp Square D breaker in a GE panel. I tried to explain to the customer it’s not the way it should’ve been done, but she didn’t seem to understand what the big deal was. Could you please do an experiment where you have too much current traveling through a 12 ga wire 😅

  • @stevenmartinez6531
    @stevenmartinez6531 2 роки тому

    Great job explaining it for a regular person.

  • @samuellamont8539
    @samuellamont8539 2 місяці тому

    Best I’ve seen it explained

  • @arcadiaoutlaw
    @arcadiaoutlaw 2 місяці тому

    Thanks , you do a great job explaining things.

  • @seaandra79
    @seaandra79 Рік тому +1

    I just found your channel today. I am not an electrician, but I am trying to understand the problem we are told we have in our older house. I enjoy learning, and I am wanting to gain a better understanding of what the electrician was explaining. In our breaker box, the white wires and bare wires are in the same place. He was trying to explain how the grounding and grounded should never be like that...and that is how I landed myself searching your videos! Do you have anything else that explains this? I am really wanting to understand it better.

    • @ChefShaunParker
      @ChefShaunParker Рік тому +1

      Search for ground neutral bonding at the main panel. Any sub panel needs to be separate. He has a great video that visualizes the ground fault loop that can be created if it's done wrong.

  • @ChefShaunParker
    @ChefShaunParker Рік тому +3

    I'd love to see some videos about solar wiring. Especially line side tapping vs load side and ground neutral bonding at the solar ac load distribution vs at the home.

  • @wxx3
    @wxx3 Рік тому

    Great diagrams and explanations.

  • @durangodave
    @durangodave 2 роки тому

    i conected my power source to 100 double pole breaker. This allows me to avoid a hot bar n hot lugs when working on panel, everything is dead with breaker off. I fed my sub panel using lugs of main panel as jumpers to sub. Appears to work great.

  • @GorillaStunter
    @GorillaStunter 2 роки тому +21

    Hey brah…… could you explain how to determine a lose neutral on service side? I want a clear explanation on signs or steps to see this faster….. I know two pole breakers can mess with readings

    • @brianpiper3188
      @brianpiper3188 2 роки тому

      I would start with this: Test L1 to L2. Divide that by two and that should be about what you can expect when testing L1 to N and L2 to N. Conduct those two tests. If neutral is loose, I suspect the sum of those two tests will fall short of L1 to L2. I say suspect, because a tester doesn't really put a load on the circuit, which may not be enough to see a problem. Make sure all tests are done at service entrance lugs, preferably in the meter socket not the panel. If you test from the panel, a loose neutral could exist in the meter socket, not the service.

    • @martf1061
      @martf1061 2 роки тому +1

      If client tells you " when i turn on the oven, the lights turn on but dimmed." Or .. if you dont understand the reason why something weird is happening, It's probably a loose neutral

  • @jmrgoldable
    @jmrgoldable Рік тому

    Thank you sir!!! Blessings to you and yours!!

  • @renemarquez7947
    @renemarquez7947 2 роки тому

    Asome ! thanks for the refresh 👍🏽

  • @romanotsup8887
    @romanotsup8887 Рік тому

    Great video. Really good explanation. The only two things are missed.
    1. I do not have main 200A breaker at home on main panel, so how I can switch down all electricity when I need to install a new 60A breaker for electric car?
    2. You do not show how exactly new breaker should be inserted, how it locks inside the panel and how to remove a breaker if needed.

  • @vsuglam6307
    @vsuglam6307 2 роки тому

    Yo dustin you have inspired me so much to become an electrician love you man 🖤

  • @dijon4422
    @dijon4422 11 місяців тому

    Great explanation!!

  • @vince6829
    @vince6829 2 роки тому

    Nice explanation. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

  • @daimlerblanco6218
    @daimlerblanco6218 2 роки тому

    I becoming a professional because of yours knowledge hahaha the way you explain everything is espectacular haha thanks I’m not an electrician but I love to learn .every day that we pass without learning something new it’s a lost day

  • @gc-yk9ev
    @gc-yk9ev 2 роки тому +1

    Excellent. Thx

  • @SirAtticus
    @SirAtticus Рік тому

    Excellent video thank you

  • @aliaksandryurenia8093
    @aliaksandryurenia8093 2 роки тому

    All clear. Thanks!

  • @bnolin5186
    @bnolin5186 Рік тому

    Great video, explaining things simply. Thanks man! 🧠 💡

  • @TheWorks95
    @TheWorks95 2 роки тому +1

    Can you please make a video playlist for basics maybe in order. I like this channel and I’m new to this craft

  • @Jo_Ro_Fulfil
    @Jo_Ro_Fulfil Рік тому

    wow. Great explanation.

  • @devmeistersuperprecision4155
    @devmeistersuperprecision4155 4 місяці тому

    A word of caution. In the early days, electricians used to wire panels with three wires. Two hots and a bare copper. The bare copper was often attached to the ground rod. Notice there was no shielded neutral back to the pole pig secondary mid tap!!!! Often there were two hole receptacles with no ground wire. Neutrals were terminated on the neutral bus along with an occasional ground wire. The bare copper service line from the ground rod was then terminated on the neutral.
    This was done up into the seventies. Don’t be surprised to find a federal pacific box here either. Receptacle grounds were left floating if they 0:47 replaced original two prong receptacles.
    1). You should explain how these systems work esp. with unbalanced loads.
    2). The new guys need to be aware of these widow makers. They are out there. Sometimes you find the grounds bonded to copper water pipes. Jumpers across plastic pipe repairs. Also note that these installs often have mice and rat chew damage on wires. A welcome source of hidden arc faults.

  • @daltropical5236
    @daltropical5236 2 місяці тому

    Nice video..thanks

  • @robensonguirand9590
    @robensonguirand9590 2 роки тому

    Thank you for your videos they help me a lot

  • @HodsBroo
    @HodsBroo Рік тому

    Great video!

  • @james77011
    @james77011 Рік тому

    I like to nerd out about electrical and electronic stuff 🤓

  • @nathanvarner2144
    @nathanvarner2144 2 роки тому

    Super super informative. Love your videos. Keep it up 🤘🤘

  • @michaelogden5958
    @michaelogden5958 10 місяців тому

    Super. Thanks!

  • @Soprano0913
    @Soprano0913 9 місяців тому

    I love your videos! You guys are great! I need your professional knowledge on my panel. I have a 100amp 20 circuit General Electric 1960 era. I'm out of neutrals i want to add a type 1 surge protector. Is it code to add a neutral bar and a bumper wire from old to new? Also does the addon neutral bar need to be isolated the original? Lastly no ground bar can i just simply screw one into the panel?

  • @rooh.ulamin
    @rooh.ulamin 2 місяці тому

    Thank you. Could you please make a video on CBs two pole, three pole and single pole operation?

  • @erickmeza9190
    @erickmeza9190 Рік тому

    This dude always clears any trouble I got thank you Dustin

  • @gregoriocampo
    @gregoriocampo 2 роки тому

    Great video

  • @dwreed63
    @dwreed63 2 роки тому +1

    Great explanation 👌

  • @nicholieregino7697
    @nicholieregino7697 2 роки тому

    Awsome bro🔥🔥🔥

  • @devkashsingh4691
    @devkashsingh4691 2 роки тому

    Hey Dustin nice video

  • @CarlDorio
    @CarlDorio 7 місяців тому

    Good morning,
    We live in an old house whose breaker is only 100 amps, 24 spaces.
    We want to change to 200 amps, because 100 amps is no longer enough.
    We would like to know what you suggested for changing the 100-amp breaker.
    Which is better: 20 spaces for 40 circuits, 42 spaces for 42 circuits, 40 spaces for 80 circuits?
    Alternative?
    Thanks for sharing your knowledge and have a nice day!

  • @panelpal111
    @panelpal111 2 роки тому

    Very good sir 👍

  • @bradkolb4228
    @bradkolb4228 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks for the great content! I often meet linemen or other electricians who have destroyed their bodies - bad back, shoulders, etc. Is it possible to be an electrician for a long time without ruining your body? What advice would you give to young electricians to take care of themselves?

    • @EverydayNews4You
      @EverydayNews4You 2 роки тому +3

      Stay in the gym, stay active

    • @GorillaStunter
      @GorillaStunter 2 роки тому

      Eating right is a start 😂

    • @jfarley1221
      @jfarley1221 2 роки тому

      Work slower 😆🤣
      The guys that are on disability early worked their butts off or were injured. More productivity from the additional 10 years of work vs living off of the taxes you've paid in 😆🤣

    • @krich106
      @krich106 2 роки тому

      Good boots... Most say good boots adds a good 5 years to your working life. I buy "Red wings" and wont buy any other boot. 340bucks, well worth it... No break in, works and feels good day one. 100% American Made. No BS assembly in USA, it is 100% USA made. Goto an actual red-wing store. They will size you and they sell electrician boots(can't make a ground thru your feet basically). Then spend the extra 60 for their inserts that will fix your posture. Might feel weird to walk correctly at first. It fixed mine, made my foot feel much better 6+ months later.

    • @krich106
      @krich106 2 роки тому

      and if you buy boots, buy actual boot socks.....

  • @slimydee5173
    @slimydee5173 Рік тому

    More like this 👍

  • @jameslaiola4976
    @jameslaiola4976 Рік тому

    Thank you so much Sir

  • @rickeyparker4648
    @rickeyparker4648 Рік тому

    Appreciate ya bro bless 🆙

  • @markhabeck6614
    @markhabeck6614 2 роки тому

    Thank you

  • @melou.4437
    @melou.4437 2 роки тому

    Appreciate the video 💪🏿

  • @mslane1106
    @mslane1106 4 місяці тому

    Could you advise what brand electronic or digital whiteboard you are using in your lectures? Do you suggest any other? Thx L Killion

  • @billbaber6653
    @billbaber6653 6 місяців тому

    Good stuff you like what you do

  • @colinstu
    @colinstu 2 роки тому +1

    Have a vid on phase colors / their ordering depending on the orientation of the panel, etc?

  • @fourgs1
    @fourgs1 2 роки тому

    Great explanation, Thanks! Please do a review of the SPAN smart electric panel. I would like to here your opinion on it.

  • @kesm66
    @kesm66 11 місяців тому

    What benefits if any does a dedicated line offer? I’m considering placing a dedicated circuit in with the goal of reducing/eliminating the noise that exists on a shared circuit. Is this a wasted effort or is there benefit as I’ve described for doing it?

  • @Alex-bm7ss
    @Alex-bm7ss 2 роки тому +1

    Video idea. How to wire latch circuit and how it operates

  • @SparkingRelativity
    @SparkingRelativity 6 місяців тому +1

    Who’s going to learn anything from a 10 minute video about verifying a main service pannel or sub pannel. By drawing or definition
    Skipping the meter or multiple branch service meters.
    -Grounding & bonding
    -grounding to neutral.
    -single phase systems while combining 3 phase systems which the we all know the colors are entirely different.
    While not mentioning a thing about ac or dc theory in relation to what’s being articulated here.
    This is not Sparta
    THIS IS MADNESS!

  • @j.james.s.2412
    @j.james.s.2412 2 роки тому

    YEEESS!! SPARKY RAGE!!!

  • @OTWbz
    @OTWbz 9 місяців тому

    Thank youuuuuuuhh

  • @dremwolf5419
    @dremwolf5419 2 роки тому +1

    Can I assume then for a 240v circuit (drier/range) the circuit breaker would tap the power from the red and the black bus bar?

    • @jfarley1221
      @jfarley1221 2 роки тому +1

      Not accurate, but yes. The coil in the transformer is 240v. Your circuit goes all the way up and back. You need a load between the top of the coil and bottom so there isn't a boom 😏

    • @jfarley1221
      @jfarley1221 2 роки тому +1

      The breaker lands on both bus bars. So, yes. The red and black

  • @DavidHagrid1
    @DavidHagrid1 Рік тому

    In the single phase 240 v system, if a circuit requires 240v then the breaker needs to be attached to both hots? Is that right? Is that why higher amp breakers attach to and pull from both main input lugs? Instead of combining end to end on one input?

  • @aspitofmud6257
    @aspitofmud6257 2 роки тому

    So to get a 240v circuit you use 2 circuit breakers and 2 hots and 2 neutrals to the load?

  • @willpartin622
    @willpartin622 Рік тому

    HELP! I'm replacing an old Federal Pacific 100-amp panel with a 200-amp Square D Hameline panel, so I will need to upgrade the service entrance cable and want to use 2/0 THHN copper.
    The outdoor meter can/box is mounted low, (30" off the ground at bottom edge of can) outside, so if I use the bottom rear 2-inch knockout of the meter can, it will put the hole through the wall below the bottom edge of the new breaker panel by about 8 inches, so I will have to make a vertical 90 upwards turn from hole in wall to bottom knockout of the new panel. I cannot find a 2" close 90 PVC electrical fitting so I'm guessing they don't make one.
    My question is: how do I make that vertical 90 turn upwards? It will eventually be covered in drywall. Do I need to have the inside copper leads in conduit at all? If I use switch to 4/0 aluminum, do I need conduit inside the wall cavity? thanks in advance!

  • @weldonpinder7295
    @weldonpinder7295 8 днів тому

    I have a question no one has answered for me. Where does the ground wire from the subpanel connect in the service panel. Is there a dedicated spot or does it go to the neutral bus bar

  • @newhouseadvice
    @newhouseadvice 9 місяців тому

    You mentioned explaining why the neutral bus bars should be isolated on plastic but not sure I saw that. Why is that? I had an electrician add new bus bars direct to the main panel for more neutral and they are not on the plastic part. Is that ok?

  • @kihi-nl9cl
    @kihi-nl9cl Рік тому

    Here’s a tip for your drawings is to put circles in the Middle of the squares for the lungs

  • @SkibidiWaPaPaPaPa
    @SkibidiWaPaPaPaPa Місяць тому

    is there any advantage or reason to put certain breakers / loads on L1 while other breakers / loads on L2 ?

  • @gfy2979
    @gfy2979 Рік тому

    I never thought about why the bars were staggered to make sure double poles were drawing from each leg

  • @emersonrezende
    @emersonrezende 2 роки тому

    Hey there Dustin, could you please explain the reasons for humming or buzzing sounds coming from an electrical pane, the possible reasons, how dangerous it can be, and what to do about it? It would be much appreciated.

    • @jaythompson5102
      @jaythompson5102 2 роки тому +1

      Not Dustin but an electrician here. One of your breakers is probably garbage and is arcing across it's contacts. Try turning every breaker off and see if there is no humming. Turn them on one at a time until you find the hum. You just saved yourself some time for an electrician to come out and swap the breaker for you. Do not do this yourself it's not something for the home handyman to do.

  • @rodolfovesga979
    @rodolfovesga979 2 роки тому

    Cool video Dustin keep them coming back 😮!!$$$&!!!!!!

  • @tommiekeen2314
    @tommiekeen2314 22 дні тому

    On a double pole breaker is each breaker on opposite hot wires?

  • @bammbammblair4770
    @bammbammblair4770 2 роки тому

    Hey can you explain what the new 12-2 blue wires are for?

  • @AGM6672010
    @AGM6672010 2 роки тому

    Hi Dustin Can you put out a video ( if you alredy did please let me know) on how a 277 V lighing works from Electric Pannel all the way to the light itself .... I whent to a Commercial building and the light switch give me a 277 volts reading on my volt meter

  • @luxurybeggars8952
    @luxurybeggars8952 2 роки тому

    Please make a video on Eaton regular panel in comparison with Eaton Plug on Neutral Panel.

  • @Kobelakeshow10
    @Kobelakeshow10 2 роки тому

    Can you show us how to do AIC calculations or voltage drop? Thanks!

    • @krich106
      @krich106 2 роки тому

      AMP * Volts = Watts / 3va = SQFT * .8 = Amount-Of-SQFT-you-can-use-for-3%-volt-dropoff... Funny part is most electricans don't even know this, they just use rule of the thumb and do the work... 100-ft or less, 12gauge. Over 100-ft 10-gauge.

  • @unmovable1
    @unmovable1 2 роки тому

    What digital board is that?

  • @chrisanderson119
    @chrisanderson119 2 роки тому

    Can you explain generator transfer switches?

  • @erickzts
    @erickzts 2 роки тому +1

    How do you know when you are connecting a breaker across the bus bars to get 240V on that breaker

    • @jfarley1221
      @jfarley1221 2 роки тому

      The breaker is wide... it clips onto both bars

  • @munirambalgobin3483
    @munirambalgobin3483 8 місяців тому

    If I do a continuity test between the neutral bar and ground bar in a panel that is not connected to anything. Will there be continuity?

  • @stevebrule6172
    @stevebrule6172 Рік тому

    I have a tricky multiple choice question, hopefully someone can with more knowledge can help me out
    A White/grey wire in a feeder circuit ________:
    A)Be bonded or have a circuit breaker
    B)Is the largest wire in that circuit
    C)Should not have a voltage to ground
    My notes:
    On the main panel, neutral is connected to the bar that is BONDED with the panel, the green grounding wire is also connected to the same bar. (so does that mean the answer is A?)
    In the sub panel, the neutral wire is connected to the neutral bar which is ISOLATED from the metal box with plastic between them, the Green grounding wire is separated and is connected to its own bar that is bonded to the sub panel box.
    In the circuit that this question applies to,
    --------- “The neutral wire is going to be sized larger than the Green grounding wire”
    (But that doesn’t mean it’s the LARGEST in the circuit right? Because the two hot wire could be the same size)
    --------"The neutral should have no potential difference(voltage) to the ground" (does that mean the answer is C?)

  • @shayd1984triton
    @shayd1984triton 2 роки тому +1

    I wish you could teach my Algebra teacher how to use a digital board. He uses the mouse to make points, instead of the marker you use.

  • @okiebob5873
    @okiebob5873 2 роки тому

    QO brother! Show that SE stuff!

  • @John-zz5gt
    @John-zz5gt Рік тому

    Cool

  • @daktusdurggery5505
    @daktusdurggery5505 6 місяців тому

    But neutrals on the bottom area where the breakers go? Like the hot is right next to the neutral? It’s called plug on neutral I think?

  • @sergiosol222
    @sergiosol222 Рік тому

    In my panel there a a 150 breaker can I changet for a 200 ??

  • @tedlahm5740
    @tedlahm5740 2 роки тому +1

    No ground conductor coming into service panel. G and N bonded together.
    Only the N going back to the transformer?

    • @jfarley1221
      @jfarley1221 2 роки тому

      Yes. Neutral to transformer

  • @RVwithTito
    @RVwithTito 2 роки тому

    Quick question. BTW I'm not in the trades. The single phase panel setup with L1 and L2 180 out phase...isn't that the same as split phase? Thx. Love your content.

  • @rudytroy1844
    @rudytroy1844 Рік тому

    Also can be a fish aquarium or light dimmer as long as it runs on electricity

  • @ekimnosredna
    @ekimnosredna 2 роки тому

    I know you cover US mostly, but it would be interesting if you could cover European 240v… I cannot convince a coworker that their power is 240v line to neutral… they think it is just like here that it is 240 line to line.

    • @tedlahm5740
      @tedlahm5740 2 роки тому

      Use a voltmeter?

    • @ekimnosredna
      @ekimnosredna 2 роки тому

      @@tedlahm5740 I would but it's kinda hard with my job to fly to Europe and take a picture. And I have shown them that and they still think it is line to line, so maybe it's a moot point anyways.

  • @riche5959
    @riche5959 7 місяців тому

    so the bottom of the braker and the screw of the braker is hot?

  • @gradyrm237
    @gradyrm237 2 роки тому

    Please show how to balance a single phase panel.