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Lon-Str
Explorer
Explorer
Needing some electrical advice/ info. from you knowledgeable electrical folks. Going to run 150' of 10 ga. wire through 1 1/2'' conduit. I also want to run 80' of 220 in the same direction. Can both be run in the same conduit? I do admit to a bit challenged on the subject. Thanks.
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time2roll
Nomad
Nomad
Do they need to be dedicated circuits? I would be running 4 wire 240/120 service the whole way. Sub panel in the middle to split off the two connections.
Only question is how many amps.

wnjj
Explorer II
Explorer II
Ditto. With the proper wire sizes, you may be able to simply run 4-wire 240/120 for 80 feet then feed the โ€œ#10โ€ circuit from a subpanel.

Generally speaking though, the conduit doesnโ€™t care and you can run multiple circuits in it so long as they have โ€œdifferent characteristicsโ€ according to replys quoting NEC code on this site: https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/104094/multiple-circuits-in-the-same-conduit-to-outbuildings

120 vs 240 is certainly a different characteristic.

KD4UPL
Explorer
Explorer
If your asking if 120v and 240v AC can be in the came conduit the answer is yes. If your asking about conduit fill I don't know because you don't say what size wires you will be running for the 240v circuit. If everything is in #10 wire you would have 5 conductors: 3 hots, 1 neutral, 1 ground then yes, that would easily fit in 3/4" conduit.
Really need more information. I'm doing a lot of "reading between the lines" and guessing.

Acampingwewillg
Explorer II
Explorer II
I'd say its better to explain exactly what you want to accomplish? 1 1/2" conduit is huge and expensive and the voltage you want to run has little to do with the amps you want to run? #10 wire can carry 220 volts as long as you have the required number of wires, as in 4(red, black, white, green or hot, hot, neutral and ground). I'm sure you will get plenty of answers but start by telling everyone what you goal is?
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