More than one wire on bus terminal?

KE2KB

Hi;
I'm sure this question has been asked before, but let me just be sure:
In my main panel, I have no more spots open on the left side ground/neutral bus.
I observed that several of the terminals had two or three ground wires under them, so I did same on a couple of others.
They do fit perfectly, and are nice and snug, no problem, so I am assuming that these terminals are designed for more than one wire.
Note: I kept wire size same for multiple wires on the same terminal.

FW

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frenchelectrican

For the netural it must have one conductor per termation hole but for grounding conductor you can have up to 3 conductors per hole however it depending on which manufacter some will list that many and some not.

Double check the panel listing it useally tell the numbers of grounding conductor and other requirements.

Merci,Marc

KE2KB

OK. Thanks. I guess if I can double-up on some more of the grounds so I have a spot for a neutral on the one side. Otherwise, I have to wirenut the neutral and bring it all the way around to the other side.

FW

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Scuba_Dave

What make panel? Someone may know

I know square D allows 2 grounds of the same wire gauge
I'm not sure if they allow 3

Neutrals as said only one

KE2KB

It's a C&H type CH Load Center, 200A.
The ground/neutral bar on the left side is not a full length one. From what I can see in the product photos, I can get a full bus for the left side. That might be an option soon, as I continue to add breakers.
Otherwise, there are still a decent number of open terminals on the right side.
I just checked the specs for this loadcenter, and it does allow for 3 #14-#10 of the same size.

Seeing the photos on the C&H web site, with the perfect wiring, I would really like to completely rewire the panel so that all the wires are neat, but I didn't do the original job, and it would be a lot of work, and a long time without any power in the house. Maybe someday...

FW

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J. V.

Get the extra grounding strip, or get one long enough that will hold all the grounds in the panel with room to spare.