moeronn
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Opening Up an Electrical Panel
After reviewing some of the threads here and talking to an electrician about a house I am under contract to purchase, it seems like I should take a look at the wiring of the main electrical panel (especially after reading the thread about moving the panel from the basement to the main floor that I can't find the link for now).
The panel itself looks fairly new with mostly 20 AMP and some 30 & 40 AMP circuits. I just want to peak and see what the wiring to the panel looks like. I'm not planning on doing anything else other than look to see that it isn't a complete mess/mickey mouse job.
FWIW I've done DIY lighting fixture, recepticle and switch replacements and am generally comfortable with electrical, but never done anything at the panel other than flip the breakers.
Is this something an average DIYer can/should do? Is there anything that should be done prior to doing this?
After reviewing some of the threads here and talking to an electrician about a house I am under contract to purchase, it seems like I should take a look at the wiring of the main electrical panel (especially after reading the thread about moving the panel from the basement to the main floor that I can't find the link for now).
The panel itself looks fairly new with mostly 20 AMP and some 30 & 40 AMP circuits. I just want to peak and see what the wiring to the panel looks like. I'm not planning on doing anything else other than look to see that it isn't a complete mess/mickey mouse job.
FWIW I've done DIY lighting fixture, recepticle and switch replacements and am generally comfortable with electrical, but never done anything at the panel other than flip the breakers.
Is this something an average DIYer can/should do? Is there anything that should be done prior to doing this?
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