Electrical help!!

wilhurley

wilhurley

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I just finished wiring my new shop, I put in a subpanel, Ran a new grounding pole and wire, Ran the two hot wires and neutral from 200amp box to sub. Now I wired all my plugs the same, I'm not an electrician so I wired the white to the silver on the outlet and the Black to the Brass, and ground to the ground, I went to wally world and bought a circuit tester, and on every plug it says, Neutral/power reversed, Well I reversed the wires in the sub panel (For that circuit), and still same thing. If they were reversed, it should have fixed it when I reversed the power and neutral. So could it be just a bad tester, And will it really affect anything if I leave it the way it is, All plugs and switches work just fine, But that tester is driving me crazy.
Thanks
 
Will.
Speaking of 110/120 volts, the way you had it wired, (white/neutral/silver-black/hot/brass), would be correct. Assuming (man I hate that word) everything is wired correctly in your new panel (ie: your are not running two hot legs {220V} to your circuits) you probably have a problem with your circuit tester. Try using the method explained in this article to check the polarity of a socket with a voltmeter.
Regards,
Greg
 
Hey Wil...

The first thing that I can see that is wrong is that you have ran a second ground...This is a No no,, and won't pass electrical inspection...

You should be using the same ground that is coming from the main panel, and not running a new ground to the pony panel.

Try removing the new ground at the pont panel.. and use the one coming from the main panel...

Might also want to try a new tester..

Also check the plugs in the house, and your wiring at the panel....
If something has been crossed you may be energizing the common through backfeed from the pony panel...

One other thing that it could be...
Make sure the Bond Screw on the Pony panel has been removed..
This could be your problem in a nutshell..

Gey it fixed before the place burns to the ground..

ttyle

Eric...
 
Ok, I thought it was a good to run a seperate ground for a subpanel, I didn't use the one from my main. Wouldn't it work the same, or am I missing something.
 
Wil....

No,, you have to use the same ground from the panel....

Remove the new ground and connect the ground that comes from the main.

2 grounds aren't better than one believe it or not...

Also look to see if it has a bonding screw and remove that..
The bonding screws makes contact with Ground and Common(white)
You will see it on the common terminal...

As long as everything is good at the main panel,, then it should be fine..Make sure to connect your ground at the main as well...

Goodl uck..

ttyle

Eric...
 
I ran a new ground to my main, and discnnected the other one and all the light read that the circuits are good, Thanks for all the help.
Wil
 
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