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Default Subpanel wiring


Pason wrote:
I'm wondering about putting a subpanel in my garage.

Right now there's only 1/2" EMT under about a 10 ft run of concrete and
one 15 amp circuit.

Question 1. Would it be legal to run three #10 wires for a subpanel fed
from a 30 amp breaker and leave the #14 for the 15 amp circuit? If that
conduit is continuous will that be fairly easy to pull through? Can I
ground through the EMT? I've heard this might lower the allowable
number of wires in the conduit.

Question 2. Once I have that subpanel, is there any limit to the number
of circuits that can be split from it if none of them are over 30 amps?
eg. could I have a 30 amp 220V and a 20 amp 110V?

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No. Very crudely, I estimated that would be roughly 2/3'rds the
cross-sectional area of the conduit. NEC max is 43% for 4 or more
conductors iirc. You most likely couldn't pull it by hand, anyway.
Only can use EMT as ground if is a continous ground all the way to the
main ground, not if it is just a section for protection as sounds like
this might be. Other restrictions may apply as well...

You need a new run for the supply to do this -- 1/2" conduit ain't big
enough. When you do that then 2) will go away and you can do it
properly.