Beautiful Adding A Circuit Breaker
But if at any point you re unsure how to proceed or feel uncomfortable with the project call an electrician.
Adding a circuit breaker. Reconnect the wires to the terminal screws and replace your panel cover. If you follow our safety steps in order and to the letter you ll be fine. Turn on the branch circuit breakers and your power main.
Install the circuit breaker s into the service panel per the instructions provided with the circuit breaker packaging. Connect hot to hot neutral to neutral and ground to ground and verify that. Check for correct operation of the new circuit light outlet etc with a test light or meter.
Standing to the side of the panel restore power to the panel by setting the service disconnect or main to on and then set the new circuit breaker to on. But there are some safety precautions and if you ignore them you could kill yourself. In this video i show you how to install a new 15 amp circuit breaker into a breaker panel.
Line up your new breaker with the clips on the side of the bus bar. Press the breaker down firmly until it snaps in place. Turn on the main breaker and test your new circuit breaker.
Mrjustdiy on how to change install a new circuit breaker in your electrical circuit breaker panel.