You have all been really helpful with your advice and suggestions. I'm wiring a new clothes dryer and am at the final step. I've run into a snag. I ran 10/3 from a new 30amp outlet. I have a 2pole 30 amp breaker ready to add to my panel (I'll be freeing up a slot by adding a 20amp tandem to one of the slots and removing another breaker that serves a dedicated outlet than is not in use). The snag I've ran into is:
The 10/3 wire has a dedicated bare copper ground. The way my panel was wired, it appears that there are either two neutral bus bars, or the grounding bus bar has neutral wires attached to it. Is it possible that both bus bars are for the neutrals and there is no grounding bar? The whole house is wired with BX, so there are no ground wires in the panel connecting to anything as far as I can tell. My question is, can I attach the copper ground to one of the bus bars that has neutrals on it, or do I have a more complicated problem on my hands? See photos of panel below. Also, there is what appears to be a grounding clip in the panel, but nothing is attached to it. Any help would be appreciated.
The 10/3 wire has a dedicated bare copper ground. The way my panel was wired, it appears that there are either two neutral bus bars, or the grounding bus bar has neutral wires attached to it. Is it possible that both bus bars are for the neutrals and there is no grounding bar? The whole house is wired with BX, so there are no ground wires in the panel connecting to anything as far as I can tell. My question is, can I attach the copper ground to one of the bus bars that has neutrals on it, or do I have a more complicated problem on my hands? See photos of panel below. Also, there is what appears to be a grounding clip in the panel, but nothing is attached to it. Any help would be appreciated.
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