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    Adding sub panel to attached finished garage - few questions

    Well, the floor actually has trusses and not joists and the goal is to run the cable through the trusses as they run perpendicular to the path that I need to take. So it will be supported by the bottom chord of the trusses at the very least. My challenge is just the fact that I won't be able...
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    Adding sub panel to attached finished garage - few questions

    Follow up question... I know that the NEC requires that the SE cable be supported and secured ever 4.5' the same as NM, but I assume that the fact that the ceiling is finished across a 20' section would allow for the cable to not be secured for that 20' distance. So the idea would be to secure...
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    Adding sub panel to attached finished garage - few questions

    Didn't realize this would be an issue, but thanks for the call out.
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    Adding sub panel to attached finished garage - few questions

    Yep, surface mounted and will be running EMT to the circuits... so you're right exposed conduit for the feeder may just be the easiest option.
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    Adding sub panel to attached finished garage - few questions

    Thanks! I appreciate all of the feedback. I am probably going to remove a small section of drywall from the garage wall and this should give me access to the top chord of the floor truss. Just to confirm, if I go the route of trying to go up through the wall, is there anything special I...
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    Adding sub panel to attached finished garage - few questions

    The plan was just inside the garage from the LB to the box.
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    Adding sub panel to attached finished garage - few questions

    Good afternoon everyone! I need a little help reviewing my plan for adding a 100A sub panel to the attached garage. My challenge is that the main panel is on the opposite side of the house from the garage and in the basement which is about 90% finished, so I will need to run the feeder...
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