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Ah yes, of course! Duh. Thanks.

I'm going to have to figure out how the neutral gets energized since it's connected to ground in the main panel.... Hmm.

Figured it out... The guy clarified actually. He said normally, subpanels do not come with separate neutral and ground bus bars. There are usually two bars in the panel, but they are bonded to each other. You definitely don't want neutral bonded to ground in the sub-panel so you could either unbond them or buy a ground bus bar. But in my panel this wasn't the case... Ground and neutral aren't bonded.

Wow, 60A service.... There's a dryer on the 30A. There's a 220V table saw on the 20A, and a 220V jointer on the 15A. And the other 20A is going to be miscellaneous 110V stuff... lights, etc. Although I do have my eye on a 2 HP dust collector that is speced at 20A, 110V. 220V would really be better for that but I don't know if that motor can be rewired. Theoretically I'll never be drying clothes while running the tools, so the 30A dryer (which is probably not sucking 30A) is mostly out of the picture... And I definitely can't use the table saw and jointer simultaneously. I'm just being paranoid is all.

Ok, an electrician chimed in with this "You are fine. Ignore the total amount of breakers in the sub panel. Make sure you buy the add on ground buss bar." Now to figure out what the add on ground bus bar is. LOL

GF breakers are a darn good idea. I should do that too..... BTW, was that 0000 copper? 50' of 4/3 copper just cost me a small fortune....

Thanks Bill. I guess it's like any other string of outlets in the house that are strung off a 15A breaker. There is no limit on how many outlets you have on one breaker, so you have a 15A breaker and 15A wire, and if/when the demand on the outlets exceeds 15A the breaker trips.... Same scenario with the sub-panel, really.

Chicken Manny, right... But the total load demand could exceed 60A theoretically. I'm just trying to make sure that the 60A at the main is the safe way to handle it.

But wouldn't anything greater than 60A be squelched by the breaker back at the main anyhow? The 65A-rated Romex should never see any more than 60A, right?

I'm wiring up a subpanel in my garage and have a question... The subpanel is being fed through a 60A breaker at the main. The main is grounded, and I've got about 50' of 4-3 +gnd Romex coming into the sub (rated for 65A according to the home store). Now in the subpanel, there will be a 30A, 2x20A, and 15A breakers (85A total). These appliances should never be on simultaneously, though. The question I have, however, is this: Is it safe to only have the 60A breaker back at the main (in the case where 85A was accidentally demanded at the sub), or does the subpanel need to have its own 60A main breaker, or does it not matter? Thanks.

LOVE it!!

Finishing the week off with my 63 on Savage Saddle Tan... Haven't changed straps in a while:

Very nice, shultz!!

What if you use a different nick and a http proxy?

Just include a note on your form for me to take a look, and I'll advise when I see it.

My first and only zeugma is in the mail.... Can't wait. Nice shot of a NICE watch there, Dani.

YES!!!!!!

We're keeping the place cozy, R, for when you come back. Hope you and J are having a good time.

I have heard that Casker sells an excellent 295 crystal but haven't seen one in person.

FWIW, I recently obtain both a gen and a Clark's 295C and the bevel on the Clark's is definitely too shallow and small. The bevel really makes all the difference in the appearance on the watch too.... So it went back (he offered to take it back). I know some people have wondered about the Clark's crystal, so I just thought I'd pass along my findings.

By-Tor the WM9 is a keeper... Did I recently read that they're out of production too? Those SELs alone make my old school TW best look inadequate with it's noob bracelet.

LOL ! Great point and perfectly articulated.

Absolutely essential, yes. Agree on the PDF as well.

Great choice! I had one a few years ago (I think it was a Y), and probably should have never sold it.