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Electrical Code question
I'm building a well house/shop. It is about 150' from where the main
house will be. It will have a subpanel that will be fed from the main panel at the house. I will be running 6/3 with ground from the house to the well house. I have an electrician friend who said the inspector made them install a main breaker in a subpanel they just did and made them put a hold down screw in it. But it is my understanding that you don't need a main breaker if it has 6 or less breakers in the panel. Mine will have just 4. *You usually don't need a main breaker in a sub-panel if the protection at the other end is sized properly unless the sub-panel is in a separate building. Call up the inspector and ask. It is not much of an expense to install a main breaker and it is not a bad thing to have. You will need to install at least one ground rod for the well house. |
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