New electric control panel

[javajaws]

no, each plug is connected to two dedicated 20 amp breakers. Plus i don't even have enough on the tank that would even trip one breaker.

I'm no electrician...but are you saying you have essentially wired 2 separate circuits (each fed by a different breaker) together? I don't think that would be a good thing. It would be much better to have 1 circuit feeding 6 or so outlets and the other circuit feeding the rest.

 

[GettingFiesty]

I am not sure I understand. Are you running 20 amp wiring off a 20 amp circuit? Or did you wire the panel with 15 amp wiring and have it plugged into a 20 amp outlet?

I ask because we just ran a new 20 amp line for ours and the digital timer was $50 for the 20 amp digital timer.

 

[comatose]

let me clear this up.
I ran 12-2 wire from a 20 amp breaker to one GFCI receptical behind the tank. i ran that there from before when i redid the basement.
and just before i put in this new panel i ran another wire from another 20 amp breaker to another new receptical behind the tank.

so now i have two dedicated recepticals behind the tank. so even if the breaker at the house panel trips i still have half my panel under my tank that still has juice.

 

[comatose]

That couldn't have been cheap...

Wish you would've taken a pic with the front covers off. I would love to do something similar, but saw how much those timers are and all of the necessary hardware.

Yes the most expensive part were the timers, 3 x $29 but well worth the investment, you could just put regular recepticals where i have timers and just use cheap timers instead, that would cut the cost down $90.

even if i did take a picture with the plates off, you probably wouldn't have seen where most of the wires were going anyway.
it's just that if you know anything about wiring you shouldn't have a problem doing it..

 

[GettingFiesty]

I thought the SS8C were only rated for 15V?

I had to special order a 20V one--HD didn't carry any built in 20V ones here.

 

[comatose]

The SS8C is only rated for 15V i didn't want to give him the 20v model and pay that much when he didn't need it.

 

[comatose]

I've updated my panel and got rid of the mechanical timers, mine like everyone else was having trouble with them breaking down, so i added the intermetic dgital outdoor timers that have two plugs each and also added two DJ Centers. i updated my webpage so you can see what i did and how i set it up, just goto my webpage under the DIY section and click on Electric panel.