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Default can i connect a 240v to this?

On 12/08/2016 11:45 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 09 Dec 2016 05:14:02 +0000, charliesal7
m wrote:

I would like to connect a sauna heater in my garage. It is a 240v 23amp
heater. This picture is my box. Will it work?
http://www.homeownershub.com/img/81
http://www.homeownershub.com/img/82


Short answer No
You have 15a fuses (plug breakers) in there indicating 14ga wire. You
need 10 ga wire and 30a fuses.
The disconnect will handle it, just not the wire.




Correct. I'd put in an appropriate breaker box, those circuit breakers
that screw into a fuse slot are prone to failure.