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Electrical feed for sub panel for Guest house
I'm helping with the electrical in a newly built guest house. We are
running into questions, especially with feeding the guest house. Guest house is: 1200 sq ft with interior, and exteriour lights, cieling fans. kitchen, bath, dishwasher, disposal, AC, heater, and about 20 outlets. Only thing that is 240 volt is AC unit. I'm saying we need at least 100 amps from the main (which is 200 amps). Previous "Electrician" ran (before guest house was built) 3 - 6AWG wires (2 hots, 1 neutral) to 2 - 50 amp breakers in main (which he left HOT with black tape on the ends! Idiot!) One guy says that 2 - 50 amp breakers is 100amp (on 2 phases) and we should be ok I say that we need 2 AWG wire (based on asking around) for 100 amp 240 volt service. Besides "Call a real electrician" , can anyone offer advice on feeding the sub panel. Yes, it will be inspected. David |
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