Load Center wiring help again? Any electricians?? Pics inside.?
Keep the ground and neutrals separated. Remove the jumper between the ground bar and neutral. The only place you hook the ground and neutral together is at your meter. Run the bonding screw into the ground bar. The two bare ground wires hook into your meter base on the lug provided. On a personal note I would return the homeline panel and get a QO from square D. There is a reason homeline is half the price of Square D's QO line.
This Site Might Help You. RE: Load Center wiring help again? Any electricians? Pics inside.? I asked this a few days ago, but am still confused. I have pics showing the Homeline 200 amp load center. It has two neutral bars on either side of the main breaker that are tied together via the bar I'm holding in the pic. Here are my questions: 1) Where do my two #4 bare copper wires from.
OK I'll do my best to answer your questions. First of all I'm assuming that your load center has a main circuit breaker and is the main panel in your home. 1# You need to place one wire under the lug in the meter can ( neutral) and the other into the lug on the ground bar in the panel the bar that doesn't get the neutral 2# The green screw goes Thu a hole in one of the neutral bars and screws to the metal case that makes the load center box this grounds the metal. 3# The spacer bar hooks both bars together ' at this point in your wiring the ground and neutral are in fact the same, but don't let that confuse you. The ground bar side (with out neutral wire) you use to place all your green, and or bare ground wires. The other bar with the neutral wire attached you connect all the white wires and neutrals to. I know this is confusing but its got to be done correctly or your potential for shock hazard is great. Good luck
