Electrical Panel Neutral Bus Bar

Neutral bus bar once the power leaves the electrical service panel through the hot wire s of a circuit and does its work through the electrical devices light bulbs outlets etc the electrical current returns back to the service panel through the neutral usually white circuit wire which is connected to the neutral bus bar.

Electrical panel neutral bus bar.

It is a silver colored bar with many smaller screws and connection points with one larger hole for the main service neutral wire. Set your store to see local availability. Ge powermark plus equipment ground kit for general electric load centers model tgl2p 5 46 5 46. The positive black or hot wires run from the the circuit breakers while the neutral white and ground bare copper wires run to the bus bar completing the circuit.

Free delivery with 45 order. If we bond the ground wire to the neutral in the sub panel current will flow on both the neutral and on the ground wire. The bus bar in your home s electrical panel is the long bar on one or both sides of the panel that contain many of the electrical lines in your home s wiring. The location of the neutral bus bar varies depending on the panel manufacturer but it is always located well away from the two hot bus bars.

A double tapped neutral is when more than one neutral wire is fed into a single screw terminal on the neutral bus bar in the main electric panel.