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Thank you very much for your help. That’s what I’ll do.

That’s correct, I used a standard, plastic double gang box.

I purchased a 240v water heater for my shop sink. I ran 10/2 romex to a 2 gang box during construction. The heater has 3' of wiring already attached. Should I terminate this inside the 2 gang box? Do they make a cover where the wire can go into the front of the box? (the box is surrounded...

That’s a good idea. It would be a pretty long run, but doable.

Meter is on a pole. Farm location. Main feed through lugs run to the house. Then a 100 amp breaker runs to existing shed.

If two feeds were used, would this cause a grounding or current issue? Or is it more of the hazard when working on a circuit, one might not be aware of which panel it’s coming from?

Current shed has a 3 wire subpanel fed from a 100 amp breaker at the meter/combo box. Bonding screw installed. I do not see a ground bar at this panel. New shed is attached to the current shed. The meter is actually closer to this new shed, so we plan to run 4 wire to the meter/combo box with...

Thanks guys. Here is the switch I was looking at: https://www.leviton.com/en/products/dw4sf And the fan: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Hampton-Bay-Industrial-60-in-Indoor-Outdoor-White-Ceiling-Fan-with-Wall-Control-Downrod-and-Powerful-Reversible-Motor-52860/204507386 I would run them on...

I’m installing two 60“ industrial ceiling fans in my new pole barn. I see most switches are rated up to 1.5 amps. A single fan, on high speed, uses 1.04 amps. Will the switch “burn up” if I install 2 fans on 1 switch? Basically 2 amps on high through a 1.5 amp switch.

I just had an electrician run 4/0 aluminum off of a HOM2200BB breaker in a Homeline combo box. It fit fine. I bought the breaker off eBay and saved $$.

Thanks all for your help. One last question. If I do run a small subpanel from this panel in my shed, to the opposite side of my shed (same structure) should it be 4 wire?

I own it. It was installed in 2016. I’ll put the invoice. Yes, I believe that’s what I have. Meter out on the pole and 3 wire to the house. But also, now, 3 wire ran to the shed via the 4 space 200 amp breaker. (The 50 amp breaker is a 3 wire URD to a small garden shed)

Nope. It’s direct burial URD.

Thanks. you do make me feel better about the setup. It is frustrating that if they would have just used 4 wire feeder, I’d be good to go. I’ll get the bonding screw in.

The shed isn’t fed from the house. The meter/combo box has a 200 amp feed thru lug to the house. It also has a 200 amp branch feeder breaker that feeds the new shed. There is nothing metal connecting the house to the shed. Basically a 250’ run to the house. Now a new separate 300’ run in the...