Moving circuit to second breaker box
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Moving circuit to second breaker box
My house has 400 amp electric service. From the meter there are two 200 amp disconnect/breakers on the exterior wall. Each disconnect feeds a separate 200 amp breaker panel in my garage. I'll call them panel A and panel B. The breaker panels are side by side separated by 16". I want to move one double pole 20 amp breaker from panel B to panel A. It is a 240 volt circuit for my well pump. Panel A has plenty of capacity to support the circuit. My question is this... when I pull the cable for this circuit out of panel B, it will be too short to reach the new breaker position in panel A. What is the correct way to add a few feet of cable to this circuit so I will have enough length to connect it in panel A?
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That's exactly right. Mount an accessible junction box within reach of the pump circuit cable, and run a new length of the same AWG cable from the panel to the junction box.
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Reason for move - I am providing emergency generator power to panel A in the event of power outage. Panel A contains all the 120v circuits for the house, lights, refrigerator, propane tankless water heater, etc. the one circuit I am moving into panel A from panel B is for my well. I can do without dryer, heat pump, etc. during a power outage, but really want to have water.