Rayh78
Member
Been in this house 20 years. Have a subpanel in the garage I never paid much attention to.
Have 4 of 20 amp breakers. Two for garage, one for aircompressor and a GFI breaker for pool pump.
Notice the neutrals and grounds all went to the same bar. So I picked up a ground bar to add to the subpanel to separate neutrals and grounds.
But then I noticed it is feed by a 50 amp breaker in the main panel box with 6 2 wire. So it has 2 hots and just the ground feeding the one bar for neutrals and grounds.
Should I do anything? It has been this way for 20 years.
If I do decide to add a neutral can I just add one wire back to the panel box instead of running a whole new 6-3 wire 70 feet.
Thanks for any suggestions.
Have 4 of 20 amp breakers. Two for garage, one for aircompressor and a GFI breaker for pool pump.
Notice the neutrals and grounds all went to the same bar. So I picked up a ground bar to add to the subpanel to separate neutrals and grounds.
But then I noticed it is feed by a 50 amp breaker in the main panel box with 6 2 wire. So it has 2 hots and just the ground feeding the one bar for neutrals and grounds.
Should I do anything? It has been this way for 20 years.
If I do decide to add a neutral can I just add one wire back to the panel box instead of running a whole new 6-3 wire 70 feet.
Thanks for any suggestions.