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How to Make Up a 3 Phase Panel
Rating: 4.1 out of 5(86 ratings)
517 students

How to Make Up a 3 Phase Panel

A Course from Electrician Basics
Last updated 12/2012
English

What you'll learn

  • After taking this course you will understand the basics of How to Make Up a 3 Phase Panel.

Course content

1 section14 lectures1h 15m total length
  • Introduction and Warning0:17
  • 1 Installing the Panel Guts, Explanation of Components6:41
  • 2 Bonding Explained3:23
  • 3 Main Breaker, Phases3:09

    Explore three-phase panel wiring by identifying the main breaker, phase faces (A, B, C), and how wires connect to breakers. Learn about remote tripping devices that shut the panel remotely.

  • 4 Shunt Trip Breaker 2:13
  • 5 Installing a Breaker in a Panel1:34

    Install a breaker into a three-phase panel by aligning screws with bus holes, inserting the side clip, and tightening; removal requires loosening screws first.

  • 6 Wires Entering the Panel, Bond Bushing, KO Seals2:53
  • 7 Beginning to Terminate the Wires7:07

    Terminate wires in a three-phase panel by prioritizing feeder wires, managing and tying groups, and landing conductors on breakers and grounds with proper labeling for circuit identification.

  • 8 3 Phase Circuit Numbering Explained5:47

    Discover how to number 3 phase panel circuits using the six multiplier rule, mapping odd left and even right face numbers, and verify wire color matches the circuit.

  • 9 Landing Wires on Breakers, Neutral Bus, Ground Bus27:10

    Learn how to land 9 wires on breakers, map circuits to breakers, label wires, and connect neutral and ground buses in a three-phase panel, ensuring proper phasing and organized wiring.

  • 10 Landing Main Feeders, Shunt Wire8:29
  • 11 Deadfront, Panel Blank, Panel Schedule and Cover4:42

    Learn to assemble a three-phase panel, route wires to breakers neatly, de-energize, install the dead front and cover, set up the panel schedule and nameplate, and label circuits from blueprints.

  • 12 Bonus Lecture: GFI Breaker Diagrammed2:00

    Explore how a GFI breaker works and is wired, including neutral and hot connections to the breaker and the neutral bar, with a built-in GFI feature that trips.

  • Final Conclusion of Lesson0:17

Requirements

  • There are no requirements for taking this course.

Description

This video lesson is just over an hour in length, but is highly concentrated with information explained in a very simple manner.  You will learn the basics of 3 Phase Panel Make Up. This lesson takes you from an empty panel to a complete panel.  Anyone who is new to the electrical trade can learn this important skill in a timely manner. This lesson covers both new construction and remodel concepts. There is instruction on such diverse subjects as Shunt Trip Breakers, GFI Breakers, Three Phase Wiring Theory and Neutral to Ground Bonding. This is the fastest and most complete method to gain and retain a great command of this knowledge. It's like having an experienced instructor standing right beside you guiding your every move. It is an essential part of your 3 Phase Wiring training.

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Who this course is for:

  • Beginner - No Experience Needed