Hi all,
I'm in the planning stages of running a subpanel to my attached garage, and plan to have an electrician friend help me with the install. To minimize how much time he has to spend on this (he doesn't live here, and is visiting only for a short stay), I'm trying to plan and gather the materials in advance. I appreciate any guidance you can offer!
My main 200amp panel is in the basement on the south wall. The attached garage is about 30 feet from the main panel by direct line-of-sight (east). My biggest draws in the garage would be a miller p180 stick welder (70amp breaker) and a kiln (40amp breaker), but not running at the same time. I'd like to run 90amp or 100amp service, depending on how much of a cost difference there is.
Our outside space is very narrow and I'd like to avoid burying the cable, as it would kill my wife's small garden (and subsequently, my marriage). As such, I'm looking at options for running the required cable on the south wall. I haven't been able to find out much about doing this - I'm guessing because it's an ugly option?
I was looking at using a 2-2-2-4 aluminum mobile home feeder cable, which I think limits me to 90amps.
- is it ok to run this directly on the outside wall?
- what type and size of conduit is required (or is there a certain type of cable that can be fixed directly to the wall without conduit)?
- I think it needs to be in conduit where it enter the structure (for SER at least), but what about the rest of the run? I was planning to run it up to about 8" below the gutter, then across from there)
Thanks again,
Lee
I'm in the planning stages of running a subpanel to my attached garage, and plan to have an electrician friend help me with the install. To minimize how much time he has to spend on this (he doesn't live here, and is visiting only for a short stay), I'm trying to plan and gather the materials in advance. I appreciate any guidance you can offer!
My main 200amp panel is in the basement on the south wall. The attached garage is about 30 feet from the main panel by direct line-of-sight (east). My biggest draws in the garage would be a miller p180 stick welder (70amp breaker) and a kiln (40amp breaker), but not running at the same time. I'd like to run 90amp or 100amp service, depending on how much of a cost difference there is.
Our outside space is very narrow and I'd like to avoid burying the cable, as it would kill my wife's small garden (and subsequently, my marriage). As such, I'm looking at options for running the required cable on the south wall. I haven't been able to find out much about doing this - I'm guessing because it's an ugly option?
I was looking at using a 2-2-2-4 aluminum mobile home feeder cable, which I think limits me to 90amps.
- is it ok to run this directly on the outside wall?
- what type and size of conduit is required (or is there a certain type of cable that can be fixed directly to the wall without conduit)?
- I think it needs to be in conduit where it enter the structure (for SER at least), but what about the rest of the run? I was planning to run it up to about 8" below the gutter, then across from there)
Thanks again,
Lee
