09-18-2015, 09:26 AM
Aloha y'all. I know that a few smart, practical DIY minds are still firing here, gods and telescopes aside.
I'm going to wire 50 amp/240volt service from the house to a sub in a new garage about 70 feet away. I know there are wire gauge calculators everywhere, but I'm asking for an experienced opinion: AWG 6? SE cable? Aluminum?(please don't say aluminum).
And while it'll involve a nightmare of chipping (enough blue rock for a quarry) I'm thinking underground in conduit.
Any thoughts/horror stories/pieces of sage advice?
I'm going to wire 50 amp/240volt service from the house to a sub in a new garage about 70 feet away. I know there are wire gauge calculators everywhere, but I'm asking for an experienced opinion: AWG 6? SE cable? Aluminum?(please don't say aluminum).
And while it'll involve a nightmare of chipping (enough blue rock for a quarry) I'm thinking underground in conduit.
Any thoughts/horror stories/pieces of sage advice?