How To Install A Subpanel In Attic

Mark where the screws need to be drilled into the wall with a pencil or marker.

How to install a subpanel in attic.

Place the subpanel against the wall where you identified a stud. Determine how far the wires will have to travel in the subpanel and pull wires shown or add cable and strip sheathing accordingly. Mount the subpanel about a foot away from the main service panel. Mark the location where the screws need to be added.

Does the 6 6 working headroom required by code have to be immediately in front of the panel ie measured along the plane of the face of the panel. With a flashlight examine the attic and locate the path that you will use to run the wire between the two locations. Familiarize yourself with the footing situation. I am installing a subpanel in my attic.

This the first one i have seen like this just wondering how some of you would write this up. Screw a piece of plywood that is 6 inches bigger then the sub panel to the wall where the sub panel will be mounted. Sub panel in attic did a rural property yesterday spent 45 min looking for the electrical panel finally went into attic and lo and behold there it was in the far reaches of the attic. This is called a backer.

Climb through the attic access using a ladder if necessary and look into the attic space. Remove a knockout slug slide the wires through and clamp the cable. Some local codes require the backer to be painted black.