Watched a friend's panel swap in Cincy go from rats nest to clean in 3 hours

My buddy Mike in Cincinnati had this panel that looked like a bird's nest of old wires from the 70s. He spent a whole Saturday pulling everything out, labeling each circuit, and re-running the whole thing with zip ties and proper bends. Tbh I always thought spending that much time on organization was overkill, but seeing the before and after side by side made me a believer. Have you guys ever redone a panel just for cleanliness or do you only touch it when code forces you?

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veramartin15d ago

And that's exactly what I used to think too, Jen... but then I had a ground fault issue a few years back and spent half a day tracing wires through a rat's nest that should've taken 20 minutes. Once you've lived through that pain, clean panels start making a lot more sense for the next person who has to work on it. Plus if you're ever selling the house, a tidy panel can signal to an inspector that the rest of the wiring might be halfway decent too...

jennifer_west5215d ago

Yeah but once you close that cover nobody's ever gonna see it again so who REALLY cares.