Thread: Routing of Neutral wires in panel

Saw this the other day. Neutral wires running under the fuse tracks. Is this OK?. See lower right corner of picture. Thank you in advance for any guidance

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That is the mounting rail for the breaker foot. You do not have fuses in that panel.

As long as the conductors doe not interfere with the breaker mounting there should be no issues.

Originally Posted by Jim Port

That is the mounting rail for the breaker foot. You do not have fuses in that panel.

As long as the conductors doe not interfere with the breaker mounting there should be no issues.

Thank you for your quick response. This is very helpful.

Looks OK, overall somewhat sloppy but code compliant.

That is a Cutler-Hammer BR series panel.
That is exactly how I do it. There is a nice "channel" of sorts there where the neutrals can be neatly routed out of the way.

Originally Posted by Speedy Petey

That is a Cutler-Hammer BR series panel.
That is exactly how I do it. There is a nice "channel" of sorts there where the neutrals can be neatly routed out of the way.

Thank so much for your expertise and quick responses. It looked good to me too. But I not and expert on electrical codes. I just wanted to be sure.

Best regards..

Originally Posted by Speedy Petey

That is a Cutler-Hammer BR series panel.
That is exactly how I do it. There is a nice "channel" of sorts there where the neutrals can be neatly routed out of the way.

It looked good to me too. But I not and expert on electrical codes. I just wanted to be sure. Thank you so much.

Just to satisfy my own curiosity, how is that panel fastned in place? All the apparent fastening locations appear to be unused.

Originally Posted by Egbert Jager

Just to satisfy my own curiosity, how is that panel fastned in place? All the apparent fastening locations appear to be unused.

Since it mounted within a wall I would guess that it's attached to the studs with fasteners on the sides.

Originally Posted by Robert Meier

Since it mounted within a wall I would guess that it's attached to the studs with fasteners on the sides.

I'm so accustomed to seeing a panel surface mounted and all the wires feeding in from the sides I missed the obvious!!

Thanks!
Gonna go grab that coffee now and see if that helps clear the cobwebs
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