Hi I bought a new house recently. Pictured is the subpanel in the shop/garage (fed from 50A breaker in main panel using #6 thhn). #1 The panel lacks separate neutral and ground blocks so everything is bonded to the one, which isn't correct. Question: should I consider adding a new block or am I better off buying a new sub-panel? I took closeups of the panel as I'm not particularly fluent on internal changes over time and whether there are other improvements in recent designs. #2 There is a 120v electric heater located below the panel. It's disconnected inside the panel. The house inspector said he believed it was a model that had been safety recalled (I need to pop the cover off and see if I can see the model#). I'd like a heater but I have no clue if replacing with another 120v or 240v makes more sense heat wise (it's a 470 sq ft combined shop/garage space (23.5' long, 20' wide). #3 I need to add a 220v 6-50 receptacle for my tig welder. Connecting to the unused 40A breaker (previously feed a hottub that we removed, breaker can be downgraded to 30A for welder). Ideal I "suppose" would be to install by the built-in workbenches along the 23.5' long wall but that's a hassle as I'd have to route around the back of a storage room and through walls (or up through the ceiling). Since my welder is the only thing I plan to connect and it has it's own 10' cord I was just going to put the 6-50r on the wall under the panel, to the right of the triple lightswitch. So a very short cable run. Not sure if there are any code issues surrounding this choice. I don't think so. [ATTACH]57304[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]57305[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]57306[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]57307[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]57308[/ATTACH]

While rewiring a bedroom, instead of spider legs from the junction box, I am daisy chaining along the wall. I need to bend around a corner of the house, and don't have the right tools to drill through those studs. I read that I can notch the wall as long as I put the steel protectors over the cable. Does this look right? Are the notches deep enough? would it be a better idea to run a cable down from the junction box in the ceiling for each wall? [URL=http://s1159.photobucket.com/user/solochonewookie/media/corner1_zpsbp5lnkal.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1159.photobucket.com/albums/p637/solochonewookie/corner1_zpsbp5lnkal.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s1159.photobucket.com/user/solochonewookie/media/corner2_zpsqqp0doh5.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1159.photobucket.com/albums/p637/solochonewookie/corner2_zpsqqp0doh5.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s1159.photobucket.com/user/solochonewookie/media/corner3_zpsupk6urxi.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1159.photobucket.com/albums/p637/solochonewookie/corner3_zpsupk6urxi.jpg[/IMG][/URL]