Subpanel Grounding Question
"Colbyt" wrote in message
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"Edwin Pawlowski" wrote in message
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"Eric9822" wrote in message
Good catch. I was focused on the grounding question. 10/3 would make
a pretty useless subpanel.
Why? It runs all my power tools with no problem at all, including a
tablesaw and dust collector together. Sure, bigger is better, but when I
ran mine there were other considerations that made 10/3 an easy choice at
the time.
I agree with Edwin.
All I ran to my detached garage was 10/3 wg, used a 60 amp, 4 circuit
subpanel and a 30 amp breaker in the main box.
That would handle anything I wanted to use since I don't weld.
How many tools can one guy use at one time???
I dunno. When I ran a subpanel in my attached garage, I ran it as a full
100A sub, with #4 AWG,
the works. I figured I'd just overdo it from the start so I would not have
to redo it later. However, I agree with you.
10/3 wire in a garage sub would be more than enough garage power for most
folks.
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