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	Subject - Must I run wiring through a panel? Easy Money I've been watching these home improvement shows and have decided that wiring is pretty easy, so I bought a few tools and went into business. Anyway a customer wanted me to install a 240 volt drier outlet and here's my problems. I checked the outlets in the house and none were 240, so I climbed the pole in the backyard and there's a transformer on the pole and I measure 120 volts on some wires and 240 between these 2 wires. There are thin wires on insulators on top the transformer but I couldn't reach them to measure. I stripped the insulation off the 240 volt wires and connected it to some lamp cord with split bolt connectors. The lamp cord runs down the pole, across the backyard, through the laundry window and I cut off the end of the dryer cord and connected the lamp cord directly. Buy the way, I ruined 2 pair of wire cutters cutting the lamp cord, is there a way to cut lamp cord without all the sparks and drama? I charged my customer $100 and she said other electricians wanted over $200. Anyway, my friend is a "real" electrician and he was asking me about panels and breakers and other cool things to sell, but as far as I'm concerned, my customer is an elderly lady and her dryer works and she was happy with the bill. A win-win situation. My question is, must wiring really pass through a panel? It seems like a lot of trouble. TIA