Wires shouldn't cross bus bars

Electrical · Branch Circuit Wiring (Distribution Wiring) · printed page 99 (PDF page 100)

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Bus Bars – Electrical Wires should not Cross Electric Wire – Shouldn’t Cross Bus Bars Distribution Panels – Electrical Electric Distribution Panels

Text in the illustration

to ground
main breaker
service conductors
wires should not cross bus bars - they should be run around them
neutral bus bar
bus bars
grounding terminal

Generated explanation

The illustration shows the interior of an electrical distribution panel with a main breaker, two columns of branch circuit breakers, central bus bars, neutral terminals, and a grounding terminal. Service conductors enter at the upper right and connect within the panel. Branch circuit wires entering from the right are routed across the central bus bar area, highlighted by a red prohibition symbol. The annotation states that wires should be run around the bus bars rather than across them.