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Originally posted by Big_gun View PostI think you best get your electrician a 24 pack.... ;-) of you need the extra circuits I would replace the wire from you j-box with one so that you can get 220v at this panel.
if its not that far replace entire run to the shop. blk and red to the hot lugs and the neutral(white) to the neutral bar and ground the ground bar minus a bod between the ground and neutral bar ( although I do not see a ground bar in this panel. )
I was also told that since this is basically a sub panel, it wouldn't need it's own separate ground.
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The panel still needs a ground. All the copper wires go to a ground bar similar to how all the white wire go one bar. One copper wire goes from the bar back to the main panel. In the main panel the bar for the white wire and the bars for the copper wires are joined together (bonded). You don't bond a subpanel. Like other have said, the wires going to your loads are too small for the breaker size. Therefore you will let the smoke out of the wires before the breakers trip. This defeats the purpose and leads to a fire.
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