60 amp sub panel for a detached garage - DIY Home …
2010年1月9日 · 60 amp sub panel for a detached garage. Trying to think long term here. The garage at first will be used as a quilt room. Building it is as a garage to widen its appeal when it comes times to sell the place. Along those lines, the building will be built with a few 120 volt outlets, one ceiling fan, and some recessed lights.
6/3 wire to sub panel 60 amp - DIY Home Improvement Forum
2021年11月16日 · 6/3 wire to sub panel 60 amp. Good morning everyone, I have a 6/3 NMWU wire I like to hook up from my main panel to the sub panel. The wire goes through my crawl space 50 feet not buried then into a pvc pipe 2 feet underground 20 feet then to my sub panel. I have a plasma cutter that operates 44 amp 230v single phase and a compressor 15am 120v ...
Thinking of upgrading my electric panel from 60 amp service to …
2013年8月23日 · Currently have a 60 amp service in home ( built in the 1950's, still using fuse box type electrical panel). Considering upgrading to circuit breaker box with either 100, 150, or 200 amp service. We are planning on installing Central air with gas furnace and doing a new room expansion( probably 20' x 20" room addition) and adding on a second ...
Should use 60amp or 100amp sub-panel? - DIY Home …
2009年7月14日 · I bought a 100a main breaker panel & fed it with 60a for my pool cabana. You would need to add up the power draw of everything that will be on at once to determine if 60a will suffice. Keep in mind that that is 60a 240v of power. You do need conduit to protect the wire any where it may be subject to physical damage.
Running a 60 amp panel from a detached garage 75 feet away
A. AllanJ. 11669 posts · Joined 2007. #3 · Apr 9, 2011. For 75 feet you don't need to allow for voltage drop, just use the normal wire size guidelines. For 60 amps it would be 6 gauge copper (the required 4'th wire for the ground would be 10 gauge if you strung individual conductors in conduit). Use direct burial cable 18 inches deep or ...
Adding subpanel vs new larger panel - DIY Home Improvement …
2010年12月13日 · subpanel vs new panel My service is a 200 amp with 20 spaces. I would have to move 2 circuits to make room for a double breaker. With a 100 amp sub panel, what size breaker and wire size should be used to feed the sub.? 60 amp with #6, or …
Backfeeding a sub-panel? - DIY Home Improvement Forum
2011年2月19日 · Just install a 60 amp breaker in the sub and feed it from the 60 amp in the main panel. There is considerable cost difference and the 100 amp breaker is not going to allow the sub panel to receive a 100 amp capability. The 60 amp breaker in the service equipment protects the feeder to the sub and makes the rating of the sub 60 amps even though ...
6/3 Romex for a 60 amp sub panel? - DIY Home Improvement …
2009年12月8日 · However, running conduit all the way (panel to panel) and using THW, or THHN/THWN is the much better option. #6 THW is rated for 65 amp. #6 THHN/THWN is rated for 75 amp. #6 NM (Romex) is rated at 55 amp. Do a professional job and just run it all in PVC conduit and use THWN wire, unless you already have the THW wire. You MUST run four ...
60 amp service question? - DIY Home Improvement Forum
2009年10月12日 · The inspector would let you install a 100 amp panel (with 100 amp main breaker) while keeping the service at 60 amp? That could overload the feeders (service drop) if these were only no. 6 which is the minimum for 60 amps. If there were a 60 amp breaker or fuses upstream to protect the system, a 100 amp panel would work but would have to be ...
50 amp sub panels from 100 amp main - DIY Home Improvement …
2012年12月29日 · The house was built in 1967. The service cable looks to be 100 amp judging by the size. The A/C cable (added after house was built) is 60 amp and not much smaller than the main service cable it self. By running the 50 amp cable to each of the two 50 amp panels I would be removing 2 circuits from the garage and 16 circuits from the basement out ...