ThomasPowers Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 lower gauges are larger did you mean "the wire was smaller than the specification called for..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamus Blargostadt Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 9 minutes ago, ThomasPowers said: lower gauges are larger did you mean "the wire was smaller than the specification called for..." yeah you caught me before my edit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacob's hammer Posted December 28, 2015 Author Share Posted December 28, 2015 On 12/24/2015 at 1:11 PM, Charles R. Stevens said: If you do that, then the real x-spurts won't know your askin. Most of us ere on the side of safety/ caution, not knowing your skill set and intelligence. You are absolutely right and I totally understand. Will better convey my thoughts in future so no misunderstanding. Thanks much. 51 minutes ago, Shamus Blargostadt said: I just did this, $15 for the circuit breaker (busy beaver), around $90 for 8g 2wire wire (lowes), $10 for a welder outlet (lowes), $6 for pvc conduit(lowes) (to run underground between the house and garage), $30 Field And Stream gift card (I got as a thank you last year) for an EE buddy who terminated the ends for me. I estimated (intentionally over a bit) for a 100 foot run.. ran the wire myself and just called my buddy to do the electrical box and outlet. It looked pretty easy but I really didn't want to burn down my house. One problem I ran into, the manager at the local electrical supply shop advised me to use 8 gauge wire for 40A and that long of a run. When my buddy checked his wiring guides, that gauge was smaller than specifications for that amperage and gauge due to heat.... so we used a 30A circuit. It should still be more than enough for the welder I have but my intention was to wire it in event I wanted to get something bigger one day. A guy at church had said he ran a 220 line using 10 gauge an even longer distance, which is even smaller... definitely seek out a friendly professional. Better a slice of humble pie than to be on the morning news... I always say. This is exactly kind of info I was originally searching for and very similar scenario I have here. I have found licensed electrician through friend of friend that will allow me to do the grunt work and will do the connection at very affordable cost. I have a building permit so everything will be inspected. Thank you much! I will soon be enjoying my new shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Wonderfull news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Good solution! Good on ya. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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