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Boomerweps
Explorer
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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wnjj
Explorer II
Aug 14, 2018
valhalla360 wrote:
Go big on the conduit...as you learned with the old conduit...If you want to run communications or 50amp line later, it's much easier if you have a 2" or even larger conduit to work with and the cost difference is negligible.
You’ll want communications in a separate conduit above the electrical in the same trench.

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