New garage build electrical questions

[samthomp85]

Hello,
I am in the middle of a new 20x24 garage/pole barn build and am now at the point where I need to add electricity. I had a bid on running power from my house out to it and cannot afford to have a professional do it. (Save the warnings.) I built the garage butting up to an existing structure that is powered, just not as much as I would like my shop to be. Here is a pick of the electrical sub panel.

My question is how much power can I have in my shop using this as a sub panel. This panel is in my pump house directly behind the garage and has on it currently all the electrical need of the pump house.

The pump breaker has only the pump on it. I am not sure of the wattage of it or the amps required to run the pump. Can I run more off of this? A welder, as long as they don’t run at the same time?

Light breakers one 40 watt bulb for interior light, one exterior light that I want to remove due to not ever using it and one exterior flood light that is useless now that the garage backs up and blocks it. So I hoping to run either more outlets or light off of this.

Electric heater is one baseboard heater that runs pretty consistently in the winter. The pump house is insulated real well so it isn’t all all the time. Can i draw more power off of this? What is up with the siamese breaker?

Receptacles Amp includes approx 3 or 4 outlets around the pump house. So i am thinking I can definitely run more outlets off of this, maybe a mix of lights and outlets?


Thats what I have. If i can get power to the shop off of this sub panel than i will same myself $1500 ish not running power from the house underground.

All advice and thought on this project are appreciated.

ST

 

[kd3pc]

that panel appears to be "full" doing whatever it was designed to do. There are no "spaces" in which to place additional breakers.

The pump breaker appears to be a 20 amp 220vAC unit. The 4 other circuits are 20 amp at 120 vAC. It appears that the "siamese" breaker is providing a 220vAC circuit similar to your pump breaker.

You could possibly replace one of the 20 amp 110 with a piggyback style breaker if the panel is set up for them.

One would need a picture or details from inside the panels to know what other breakers can be used or whether the current set up is correct?

You could repurpose the existing breakers to do something in your new garage, but it may not be to code or to your local authority requirements. And you will lose some function as your panel is full.

Might be money well spent to have a licensed/experienced electrician to at least look things over when you get the wring settled.