Electrical advice needed.

[spikerS]

you know, for as handy as I am, that fucking breaker box scares the absolute shit out of me.

[chathamf]

Originally posted by spikerS
you know, for as handy as I am, that fucking breaker box scares the absolute shit out of me.

Yea even being in the trade it's not my favourite place to be but since you can 100% kill the power to it it's not too bad. But by all means, hire an electrician if you are uncomfortable. We don't need people getting too handy anyhow we will be out of a job.

[HuMz]

Once you flip the breaker off at your main power, carefully take the sub-panel cover off. Then take a Volt-tic and touch everything metal inside to confirm its de-energized (it won't beep or light up). You can even take a volt meter on the AC setting across both hot wires/neutral/ground inside the panel to confirm zero volts. Once you have confirmed de-energization there is no way anything can be live until the breaker is turned back on. If your still worried turn off the main breaker on your house panel while you do the termination in the garage sub-panel.

[Buster]

Isn't the main supply still live going into box?

[rx7_turbo2]

Originally posted by Buster
Isn't the main supply still live going into box?

No. This is a sub-panel.