Anything wrong with this idea? Setting up 50amp circuit for welding

[Rezarf]

My family just moved into a new home with a 3 garage, but with no 220v outlet in the garage. The breaker panel has a blank 2 slot space in the breaker box marked "garage" but I cannot find a sinle outlet for any 220v plug.


We are replacing our electric stove with a gas unit this week. The stove backs up to an exterior wall. I am thinking of taking the 50amp line and pulling it to the exterior and routing it around the house (with the proper connections and conduit) to the garage. FWIW, I use a Lincoln 175t 220v MIG.

Is there any reason not to do this?

Seems like the easiest way to get a 50amp line to the garage that is already wired up correctly on my breaker box. If I don't use it, its just gonna sit there.

 

[theoldwizard1]

As long as the splices are done properly (I'll let someone else explain "properly") you should be good to go.

I helped a friend rewire his kitchen while he was remodeling it. The old kitchen had like 2 circuits plus a 240v stove feed. We ran that into a subpanel and then pulled off like 6 circuits.

IIRC, I think codes says you have to have disconnect at the main and sub, and you have to have a separate ground (in addition to neutral) if you are going to be using 120V circuits off of the sub. A stove feed likely would not have a ground, but I think you can legally run a separate green colored wire (don't think bare is legal in this case), from the main, taped along the feed, to the sub.

If you just want a 240v receptacle, you don't need a ground.

 

[Alchymist]

As long as the splices are done properly (I'll let someone else explain "properly") you should be good to go.

I helped a friend rewire his kitchen while he was remodeling it. The old kitchen had like 2 circuits plus a 240v stove feed. We ran that into a subpanel and then pulled off like 6 circuits.

IIRC, I think codes says you have to have disconnect at the main and sub, and you have to have a separate ground (in addition to neutral) if you are going to be using 120V circuits off of the sub. A stove feed likely would not have a ground, but I think you can legally run a separate green colored wire (don't think bare is legal in this case), from the main, taped along the feed, to the sub.

If you just want a 240v receptacle, you don't need a ground.

No, has to be part of the cable.

No, you need a ground in all cases. If you need 220 only, no neutral is needed.

Sounds like OP needs to find an electrician.

 

[bigdav160]

Even a gas stove will need a 120 volt outlet for the ignition. Do you have an outlet for that?

If you blanks spots in the breaker box why to you have to remove the 240 volt line to the stove?

 

[mpire]

Where is the panel?

Why can't you run new wire from the breaker to a new outlet?

 

[Trey T]

Leave the existing line alone!! You're killing your house, man. It will look like a hack job if you start drilling a hole through your exterior wall. Now if the kitchen wall shares wall with the garage, that's more feasible idea to use that line, obviously.

First of all, where is the breaker panel? if it's in your garage, run a fresh line with new breaker. Still leave that existing 50A breaker alone.

come on people, home electrical is NOT hard, just help the guy and stop saying about "getting an electrician."

 

[theoldwizard1]

No, has to be part of the cable.

No, you need a ground in all cases. If you need 220 only, no neutral is needed.

I'm glad there are pro's correcting stupid mistakes made by us amateurs !