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Boomerweps
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Aug 13, 2018

Looking into installing 30 TT outlet on my detached garage

Problem is that it is about 90-100 feet from the home circuit breaker box. Voltage drop calculator has about a 5% voltage drop for that distance using 10awg and about 3.5% using 8awg (not allowing for...
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routeforty
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Aug 13, 2018
Just did that a couple months ago. Type in "new electric pedestal at home" in the search box on here, and there are 2 pages of advice. I ended up using 8/2 wire w/ground, put inside 1" conduit buried under the new driveway. The roll of wire I bought was 125' and I used about 110' of it. bought a 30 amp rv box and I was good to go. Have been using it for a couple months and it works great. Gary

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