chester wrote:

RBM wrote:

I think you are going about the project wrong. All outlets in the shed need to be GFCI protected. There are code issues when running multiple circuits to an out building like disconnects, so probably the most sensible thing to do is install a thirty or forty amp feeder(10/3G) or (8/3G) and small panel in the shed



"chester" wrote in message ...

OK complicasted question, maybe...

I am wiring my (large) shed now, and have decided to do two dedicated circuits.

1 Circuit will be a single 20A/120V for all the outlets and lighting. It will be GFCI-protected at the house-when the wiring exits the house, I simply added an outdoor GFCI outlet, and put the shed load out of this outlet. So all the outlets, and lighting in the shed will run off this circuit. Easy enough...

BUT, I also am wiring 240V out there-for a 240V-2000W in-wall electric heater. I am assuming I need to GFCI-protect this line as well, but maybe I don't. I know the heater itself has a breaker in it (dunno if that is GFCI or not?),but do I need to protect the line from the house (buried 12-24" down in the ground)? I would think I need to, but maybe in-wall heaters do not need to be on GFCI circuits, and/or maybe the buried cable does not need to be protected with GFCI? Thanks for the help
c






Running two branch circuits between buildings is a violation of
"225.30 Number of Supplies.
Where more than one building or other structure is on the same property
and under single management, each additional building or other structure
served that is on the load side of the service disconnecting means shall
be supplied by one feeder or branch circuit..." This provision of the
US NEC is meant to prevent elecctrical accident caused by multiple
sources of current to a buiding.
--
Tom Horne

"This alternating current stuff is just a fad. It is much too dangerous
for general use." Thomas Alva Edison