2 next i began my hunt to find the barn wood for my project and ended up finding a local utah company on facebook called barn wood recyclers.
How to connect panels to barn wall.
You connect the subpanel to the main panel via a double pole breaker with the proper amperage rating.
A panel is a solution for an overcrowded main panel and a way to avoid running multiple circuits back to the main panel.
The trim that we ll be using today is from american building components.
Connect the black and red wires to the hot bus bars the neutral wire to the main neutral terminal and the ground wire to the ground bus bar.
Connect wires in the subpanel route the feeder wires cut and strip them and connect to terminals.
The very first thing i did was measure my wall which was 13 8 i measured from the top of my baseboards because i knew i wanted to keep them on.
Break the connection between ground and neutral in the subpanel.
This is just a 90 degree angle and the ribs are going to fit in here.
It ll close off the wall and protect the top of the panel so water can t run down the wall beneath the panel and into the roof.