Recent content by nayr

I have 60 amps going out to the subpanel. Start up currents are what I was worried about, being that the welder came with a 50 amp plug, and looking on the lincoln website a a similar size welder recommended a 40 amp breaker even though the max current draws are little above 20 amps. I didn't...

Thank you for answering my question. Being that my garage isn't that big and won't be running any big equipment, I decided 30 amps would be enough. I just didn't want to run it, buy a welder (eastwood 175), and have the breaker keep tripping when I use the upper range of it's settings...

I am running a 240 volt line in my detached garage for welder, compressor and a kitchen range I plan to use for powder coating. I was originally planning to run a 50 amp circuit. However looking at the current draw, it is 22 amps for the welder I plan to buy (which actually has a 50 amp plug on...

I guess a little bio would help first. New to this forum but have been reading a good amount of it over the past couple of months. I am in the process of getting my garage to be a fully functional shop. Have cleaned, painted walls, cleaned up and repaired 2 workbenches (almost) and am ready to...