Is it possible to move a breaker box

That is probably coming into the panel through the conduit shown. Then there is the issue of moving all the circuit wiring that appears to be coming through the rafters. IF in moving the panel you end up with some wiring being to short, then you are left to deal with running new circuit wiring or entending them in junction boxes that must be acccessable. Your best bet is to find a competitent master electrician to access the situation and give a quote.

We are in Dallas and have done many panel moves. Some are more daunting than others. We recently got involved in moving a panel and all the extensive wiring because it was in the way of a planned residential elevator. Any further into the house and you will need a main disconnect outside. Basement remodel - electric panel location problem. Relocating stairs. What to do with electrical panel. Cost to relocate electrical panel? Thanks for the feedback. Not free, but not impossible.

Oh well, I guess one day when if we ever hire a custom builder. The NEC places vague limits on how far the meter feed can be run inside the structure. These lines only have protection from the line fuses on the primary side of the pole transformer against faults. The pole transformer can deliver huge amounts of current think over 10, amps if these lines are shorted to each other or the neutral. The main breaker in the panel protects them from overload, but only the high side fuses on the POCO wiring protect them from shorting.

The further they run the further lightning induced transients are carried into the house also. At the very least rigid metal conduit may be required to run them any distance inside the structure, or a main disconnect with fuses outside the structure. Just out of curiousity, how would this be done? I can't see how it would be done without some sort of splicing.

Splicing is what I was talking about. To move the panel, you are going to end up with some of the circuit wiring being too short. The minute you start splicing, it has to be done in metal boxes that must be visible for access.

Not quite sure why the OP thinks the panel would be less onerous around the corner from its present location. No kidding.

If it ends up being spliced in a visible box what I'd assumed anyway you may as well keep the breaker box where it is. You may have a code issue regarding the pvc drain if it is not set off of the wall far enough. You can not install the panel under any obstruction like that. I actually rethought the use of the space. The wasn't an impossibility, but, it definitely encouraged more creative thinking and remeasuring.

The reason to move it was I was considering making the room a theater, and was going to put the screen on the wall where the panel is. I would then have to figure out how to access the panel. In my remeasure I realized I can put the screen on the wall with the pvc pipe. Access for a sewage cleanout is a lot easier and hopefully less frequently accessed. In my finished basement BC Canada the box is slightly recessed into the wall being a stud wall over concrete retaining with a - pony wall?

It's not stuck in a corner though, but it might be better if it was. I have the same question, but my panel is on a wall that i want removed so that I can expand my teeny tiny kitchen. I want to remove the door and put the panel there instead see photo. Since it will be just inches away, I would think it would just be a matter of moving the wires and box all at once.

I have no idea, but that's why I'm posting my question here. Seriously, whoever designed my house must have been drunk or an idiot because there's so many things that if they would have just done them differently, it would have made everything so much better. I also read elsewhere that you cannot have an electric panel above a counter - so that might be my answer I have to move the panel regardless of the cost.

Codes vary widely based on location. Show 3 more comments. Active Oldest Votes. Make sure to check local codes, permitting requirements, etc. Improve this answer. Heck yes. Get the biggest panel you can bear. Panel space is cheap. Don't get hung up on the beautiful large panel having too large a main breaker. You can change those; or; you can disregard that breaker or get a panel without one, and backfeed the panel through a regular breaker.

Also, if you have unimproved space in crawlspace or attic where you would likely route added circuits, run a half dozen empty conduits from the panel to that space, and terminate them in mm junction boxes. That way you don't have to fish or tear into walls. Add a comment.

Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. The wires to the breaker box will be only long enough to reach there, so you basically have to add extensions to the incoming power wires, and to each individual circuit, going from the old location to the new one.

Then run a big raceway or several big conduits from the old box to the new box. Then you need to have an electrician run the power wires to the new box I wouldn't do this myself , and then run appropriate sized wires for each circuit to the new box.

In the old box those are spliced to the appropriate original wire, than the other end in the new box is connected to the right breaker. Be very sure to mark each wire carefully before disconnecting them! Most of this is not hard work, just time-consuming and tedious. You can probably do most of it as a do-it-yourselfer, and save a lot of money. What is your big objection to an outdoor breaker box? That's done fairly often now, and the boxes are watertight and work just fine outdoors.

First, thanks much for the detailed response Tim. The builder, Centex, has been great about non standard options and little customizations, but won't budge on this - and I have essentially walked from the deal, and had my bluff called. They claim if they do this, they'll have to offer it to everyone As for why I don't want it outside, it's a sore spot right now. It wasn't designed for windows ACs, but doesn't have central, even though it's only 3 years old. The other day my wife was in one shower, I was in the other, and the circuit blew.