Nick Ostrowski
11-03-2015, 01:21 PM
I saw this at my inspection this morning. The panel appears to be wired as a split bus panel but I've never seen connections like this on the cables for the main that powers the other half of the bus bar. For that matter, I didn't see a split bus at all in this panel. To further cloud the matter, the panel data labels were on the inside walls of the panel box and covered up by the wires so I could not see the wiring schematic.
These pics are not the best as there was not a lot of room to work with considering how close the partition wall was built around the panel.
Pic #1 is of the full panel
Pic #2 is the connection of the cable for the main on the left-hand side of the panel
Pic #3 is the connection of the cable for the main at the bottom of the panel
I couldn't see anything that looked like an actual lug for these cables to be secured to. The panel is a Cutler Hammer and the breaker these cables are connected to is a 60 amp double pole breaker.
Are these connections legit or is this a DIY split bus connection? You can clearly see in the 3rd pic how the cable goes behind the back of the hot bus bar.
http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo35/nicko555/panel1_zpsyil1589i.jpg (http://s359.photobucket.com/user/nicko555/media/panel1_zpsyil1589i.jpg.html)
http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo35/nicko555/panel4_zpseutk5uwb.jpg (http://s359.photobucket.com/user/nicko555/media/panel4_zpseutk5uwb.jpg.html)
http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo35/nicko555/panel2_zpszvrijpwk.jpg (http://s359.photobucket.com/user/nicko555/media/panel2_zpszvrijpwk.jpg.html)
These pics are not the best as there was not a lot of room to work with considering how close the partition wall was built around the panel.
Pic #1 is of the full panel
Pic #2 is the connection of the cable for the main on the left-hand side of the panel
Pic #3 is the connection of the cable for the main at the bottom of the panel
I couldn't see anything that looked like an actual lug for these cables to be secured to. The panel is a Cutler Hammer and the breaker these cables are connected to is a 60 amp double pole breaker.
Are these connections legit or is this a DIY split bus connection? You can clearly see in the 3rd pic how the cable goes behind the back of the hot bus bar.
http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo35/nicko555/panel1_zpsyil1589i.jpg (http://s359.photobucket.com/user/nicko555/media/panel1_zpsyil1589i.jpg.html)
http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo35/nicko555/panel4_zpseutk5uwb.jpg (http://s359.photobucket.com/user/nicko555/media/panel4_zpseutk5uwb.jpg.html)
http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo35/nicko555/panel2_zpszvrijpwk.jpg (http://s359.photobucket.com/user/nicko555/media/panel2_zpszvrijpwk.jpg.html)