How to hook up single pole shunt tip breaker in panel
To be very safe, turn OFF your Main circuit breaker prior to doing this. This IS really important! You asked how to hook up the breaker, so I'm going to assume you already installed this. The first wire that you'll want to land under a screw is your ground (green) wire. This wire should be where all your ground/green wires are. Next, you're going to bring your white (neutral) wire to the neutral bar. You should see other white wire's terminated (attached under screws) there. Then, bring your colored (ie usually a black or red) wire and attach it to your circuit breaker. Make sure that you are using a #10 guage wire. This wire guage is rated for 30 amps. If you're using a 20 amp circuit breaker, then use a #12 guage wire. And a #14 guage wire for 15 amp circuit breaker. Using these wire guages satisfy all electrical requirements (codes). Now, leave the circuit breaker in the OFF position, and close up your panel. After closing it, then turn ON your Main circuit breaker. If everything is fine, great! Before you turn on your circuit breaker, make sure the switch, device, receptacle (unplugged), is OFF. Then go to your electric panel and turn ON the circuit breaker. If the breaker holds (doesn't trip), then try your switch, device, or receptacle to see if everything works. One last thing to remember is, if you're using a 30 amp circuit breaker, then the device on the other end should only draw up to 24 amps. Meaning, don't put a 30 amp cir. brkr. on a 20 amp recectacle, switch, or device. For a 20 amp cir. brkr., 16 amps is the maximum load you can put on this. I hope this helps you. Just read it through once, and then highlight the main parts of this and you should do fine. Good Luck, and feel free to contact me if you'd like further assistance. - Jim
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