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Hi,
I'm putting in a sub panel right next to my main load center, because I've run out of spaces and have multiple remodels/additions planned in the near future. For organizational purposes, I'd like to put all of the basement circuits in my house on this sub panel. Workshop, electric heat, well pump, a couple sump pumps, furnace, lights and receptacle circuits, etc. My question is, can I splice the wires of these circuits inside the main breaker panel, and run pigtails in conduit or new romex to the sub panel? Most of the cables coming into the breaker panel aren't long enough to reroute to the sub panel, which is why I'm asking this question. One other option I thought of was removing each cable that I'm rerouting to the sub panel from the breaker panel, and then splicing them in handy boxes and running romex from the handy boxes to the sub panel. But this option would take more time and look ugly outside the panels.
Let me know what you guys think, any suggestions are seriously appreciated!
JC
I'm putting in a sub panel right next to my main load center, because I've run out of spaces and have multiple remodels/additions planned in the near future. For organizational purposes, I'd like to put all of the basement circuits in my house on this sub panel. Workshop, electric heat, well pump, a couple sump pumps, furnace, lights and receptacle circuits, etc. My question is, can I splice the wires of these circuits inside the main breaker panel, and run pigtails in conduit or new romex to the sub panel? Most of the cables coming into the breaker panel aren't long enough to reroute to the sub panel, which is why I'm asking this question. One other option I thought of was removing each cable that I'm rerouting to the sub panel from the breaker panel, and then splicing them in handy boxes and running romex from the handy boxes to the sub panel. But this option would take more time and look ugly outside the panels.
Let me know what you guys think, any suggestions are seriously appreciated!
JC