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Succinctly and well covered as always! Love having the ground bars in the most convenient location for minimal clutter. Remember that torque rating is only for attaching the ground bar. Wires have their own chart based on their size.

Basically it’s great to see a company that gives you options on where to bolt in the ground bars. Great demonstration Bill👍

Exactly what i needed to know! Short and right to the point, well done!

When you put ground bars in, you might as well use the largest you can because it's better to have more than you need rather than end up running out of space.

Nice information, Bill and well done video! Keep up the excellent work!

Always good stuff. Thank you.

Exactly what I need to know! Thanks.

The EXACT information I needed.

Hi Bill from Sparky channel As always another fantastic video Always something new to learn from you Thanks for all your hard work putting these videos together

This was very helpful. Thank you

Great video Sparky.

Good, simple information. Well presented.

Perfect.‘thank you for posting

Nice video. I come across all brands of electrical gear and it is easy to tell that a warehouse maintenance person put in a panel. They put the ground bars are any place and mounted with drill point screws.

Good tutorial right here!

This video was indeed very helpful and also free of any "Sparky's Code" Violations 🙂. As always, the manufacturer's instructions can provide the How-To, but @Sparky Channel along with the feedback from the mass of experienced viewers on here continue to showcase the best practices and how to handle real-world pitfalls anyone may encounter. Thank you!

Great video.

Great video Bill!

Always useful information.

I need to install a neutral bar at or near the top of the Home main Line load center because home runs are too short, but only see one nub above the main breaker and holes. how would you handle this? Thanks for the great videos.

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Great part 1 but you should cover bonding that bar to the ground and sizing / routing of the bonding or ground conductor.

If we look at the design of the load center you will notice the twin neutral connection bars on either side of the breaker outputs. This is a good selling point because the hot wire terminates at the breaker output and the neutral directly below it, with that particular branch circuit wiring entering at the same position as the circuit breaker output. So, when the branch circuit enters the load center near the breaker there is a very short and straight path from panel entry to the breaker (hot) and neutral. We should then extend this approach to terminating the EGC in close proximity to the branch circuit entry. So, ideally you should see a ground bar the same length as the neutral bar on either side (for side entry branch circuits) and one at the bottom of the load center for branch circuit bottom entry. This way when a branch circuit enters the panel it is terminated at the entry point for HOT, NEUTRAL and EGC (Green), so the branch circuit wires do not have to route within the load center itself, making for a very clean installation. This is why with the load center shown in the video you see the three distinct ground bar bolting positions (indicated by the ground symbol), one on each side and one at the bottom. Because these are machine threaded to accept UL listed Square D ground bars, the enclosure can be use to splice together the grounding bars (if the attachment screw is torqued to spec) regardless of how many are used. So, as stated in the video, given the relatively low cost of the grounding bars, they should be used in such a manner as to clean up the panel internal wiring.

Great video, thanks! I have a question about using multiple ground bars maybe someone can help me with that. On a 200 amp main panel with split ground and neutral (they are joined at a service disconnect), the 1/0 ground wire needs to be bounded to an installed ground bar right? If two ground bars are installed, say on left and right sides, does the enclosure provide the needed electrical ground path between ground bars, or must a jumper be run between the two bars? And does it need to also be 1/0 or something smaller? And on a related question, can the 1/0 ground wire be unwound, and wound as two separate half-sized ground wires, one going to the left bar, and one to the right? Is that a code problem?

Can I run grounds to the plugon neutrals if this is a main (first and only ) disconnect panel? Mine is. Since neutrals and grounds are bonded here what would make me add ground bars if I have enough spots left on my neutral bars

Hi, can you please make a video on how to make multiple bends 90degree bend

I have a homeline plug in neutral being used as a main panel. No ground bar came with new panel. It is my understanding my grounds can be installed on the neutral bonded panel bar. I must have only one neutral per terminal. Is this correct, or do I need to go purchase a separate ground bar. Thank you for all your videos

Hi, I have a Nema 4x enclosed CB. It came with neutral lug. How is ground lug or bar installed?

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Hi, I would like to know waht is the model of the meter you installed? and the load center?

Good info Sparky! I see questions- the grounding bars are all bonded to the case or frame and do not need wiring jumpers connecting each grounding bar to the other grounding bar. The grounding bars are for equipment grounding purpose- you do not attach any grounded neutral conductors to any of the equipment grounding bars. Thanks. Peace.

5 hole ground bars make a great intersystem ground terminal for a communications cabinet.

@sparky channel if my panel is grounded and bonded together…. If i was to add an additional bar does it need to be connected to the originals neutral/ground bar?

Can you add a ground bar to an older panel that does not have the pre drilled holes?

The first ground bar has the ground wire coming from the main, but what about if I want to install a second, how will that bar be grounded? Do I need to run a green wire between the 1st and 2nd bus bars ???

A 15 amp breaker I have with very little load keeps tripping. Changed a potential faulty outlet as well as the breaker and it helped for a day and a half but keeps tripping. There is no ground wire to the breaker or the ground bar next to it. Thoughts?

Had an inspector red tag for adding a ground bar. Stated it voids UL listing for electrical panel.

Hello Bill, what is your preferred method of removing the enamel and paint for a good ground bar contact?

Not sure if you have a link or could answer. When should the ground & neutral be linked at the main or could it be done at the sub panel or when are they not supposed to be.

Bill you know of a way to monitor the circuits with BR type breaker's?

And remember to only bond ground to neutral at the closest point to service entry!

If there are multiple ground bars in a sub panel, do they need to be connected together? or does one ground the entire panel by being screwed in so that the second bar would also be grounded?

Good video Question, how do you ground a subpanel... Do you install grounding rods like the main panel, or how to do it...?

@02:41 That panel should have been installed upside down so the feeder wires are not in the way of everything on the lefthand side of the box.

I use Eaton groundbars way longer with more spots to use, bigger the better use 2 self tappers and your good to go just make sure it's tight for a good bond

Can neutral wires also go to the newly added ground bar?

Mr sparky I want to install an extra 20 amp dedicated breaker for my welder and while opening the panel notice the ground bar is full although the neutral and breaker space still has space how can I solve this?

If the ground and neutral are bonded can I put the ground wires on the neutral bar?

Can i use a self drilling screw to install the ground bar

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What is special about a ground bar. I purchased a Siemens spa panel with ability for extra branch circuits. The ground bar is unfortunately extra. I have an another panel from another manufacturer that was used for parts for that brand. Why couldn't I drill some holes for that grounding bar?

Something I wished that I seen was how I’m I supposed to bridge the neutral bar to the ground bar? I ram across a mobile home that has an updated panel but whoever installed it didn’t even place a bar for the ground. It’s literally all just in a knot to the aluminum ground. 🤦🏿‍♂️

I have never seen anyone ever use a torque wrench to tighten anything on anything electrical before 😂. They just tighten everything by feel

Im looking for ground bar for old outdated Crouse-Hinds panel. Im aware that Murray bought Crouse-hinds and then Siemens bought Murray so I would think Siemens is my way to go. I just dont think they left the little dimples like todays panels so is tap and thread or own our only options? Is this code/manufacturer compliant?