Power to the garage.

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Kept seeing this site when looking for information on google, so I figured I may as well ask here.

I have a 20x30 garage with no power currently, which I want to change

My house meter is "Type D4S". It has two wires coming out, the first to a single panel containing two 100amp, 250v fuses that then runs to my 20kW furnace. The second wire goes to a 100amp, Federal Pacific Stab-Lok panel.

I had a new Federal Pioneer 100amp Stab-Lok panel I had wanted to use in the garage.

However, after an electrician took a quick look, I can apparently only put in a 60amp breaker into my house panel to supply the garage.

The garage will contain an air-compressor, stove, welder, and basic tools. I'm not planning to put in electric heat, however, it would have been nice.

Will 60 amps be enough? Can I still use the 100 amp panel since it will be limited to 60 amps in the house? What size wire? We were going to use Teck 3 when we were thinking 100 amp service, but since it seems I can only do 60 amps, what wire should I use? Is there a way I can still do 100amp service to the garage?

Basically I'm trying to determine my options.

Thanks.

If it matters I'm located in Stonewall, MB.

 

[Falcon67]

60 ought to be plenty for what you're doing. You can put a 200A panel on the far end of that 60A run from the house, won't matter. The main in the shop panel will just be a local disconnect.

No note on distance, which could affect the size of the wire.

 

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Total distance is ~85feet.

 

[Norcal]

Federal-Pioneer? You must be in Canada, is your house panel F-P? If not I would match it what ever make you do have.

To those in the USA, Federal-Pioneer is not the same as Federal Pacific Electric even though the Stab-Lok breakers interchange, F-P did not have the safety issues of FPE.