# Question from Electrical Inspection content

**URL:** <https://forum.nachi.org/t/question-from-electrical-inspection-content/255740>\
**Category:** Inspection Education Topics\
**Created:** [May 5, 2025, 3:17am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/question-from-electrical-inspection-content/255740 "2025-05-05T03:17:59Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 5, 2025, 4:43am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/question-from-electrical-inspection-content/255740/3 "2025-05-05T04:43:46Z")

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> [@msimmons16](#):
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> Can someone please explain the following question (questions an inspector should ask themselves during the inspection) included in the Subpanel information from the Residential Electrical Inspection course?
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> Is the neutral bus isolated from the panel enclosure

What did this course teach you about this scenario? Was it unclear? If so, what are you unclear about? That can help us drill down on answering your question.

> [@lkage](#):
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> It is one of the requirements in a remote distribution panel (aka, subpanel) for the neutral bus to be separated from the panel enclosure.

There are some subpanels that this doesn’t apply to, such as:

> [@3 vs 4 wire feed to garage](https://forum.nachi.org/t/3-vs-4-wire-feed-to-garage/127874/4):
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> If there is an old 3-wire feeder you must bond the neutral just like in a service and connect the GEC from your grounding electrodes to the neutral.

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