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Thank you sir

Was in a discussion with a buddy and was wondering what the correct answer is. He has a house with a 200 amp main panel and a detached garage with a lugged 100amp sub panel, all built around 1990. He recently added a circuit in his detached garage and seen that there was a bonding screw in the...

One of the first obstacles that must be hurdled, is to submit a site plan to the county building division with a detailed scaled site plan showing all lot lines and dimensions, full contour map showing pertinent elevation, existing structures, driveways and utility locations for initial...

Actually none were, anything leaning that direction was removed, plus I didnt want anything within 40' of the structure, in an effort to keep the gutters clean of leaves.

This project was started exactly one year ago, and now I have time to document it progress looking back. I decided to build a garage/shop for storage of vehicles and a place to work on auto projects. I'm limited on size based on property setbacks/fire-flow requirements and impervious...

Thank you all for the input. I think I will tie in before the second stage regulator and try it that way and utilize the second stage reg. on the grill. It is a three burner BBQ.

Hello, I need a little help here. I want to run an underground low pressure propane line from the 120 gallon propane tank (next to the garage)over about 40' to where I will put my weber barbeque. I looked at the propane tank and it has a first and second stage regulator already installed on the...

Roger that. Boy this electrical code is stringent stuff.:eyecrazy:

Thanks for the info, I did run the #8 in conduit, but only used one ground rod, sounds like I need another. I take it they need to be 6' apart with a copper #8 between them. Back to the depot. The electrical guy and I am on first name basis, lol.

Panel installed, ground rod is in and a number 8 copper ran from neutral/ground bar to ground rod. Last question, do I use the little green screw to bond the neutral/ground bar to the panel or leave this out?? Thanks in advance. Steve

Extremely useful info here, thanks for sharing.

Thanks VHF. No conduit used on the garage, it is 2-2-2 direct bury secondary cable.

Hi all, I've been lurking for awhile and The Garage Journal has inspired me to make some major renovations to my old shop. This place is literally a candy store and I'm loving it. I will be upgrading my sub panel for a mig and space heater, upright compressor and so on. plans are for new...

Understood, thank for clarifying this to me. No other metallic connections back to the home structure from the garage, just a pvc water line. Thank you.

Hello, this is my first post, but have lurked for some time now, so hello. My garage/shop is 175' from my house, it was built around 1980 or so. It has a small panel in the detached garage fed off the 200 amp panel in the house. Wire connecting the two has three conductor of 2 gauge. 50 amp...