100 AMP SERVICE IN GARAGE
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What else is going in there? No problem if that is the only load major on the garage.
Do you already have the baseboards? If not an electric space heater might do a faster job if you want to warm it up quickly. However, it will be noisier.
http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/items/3UG74
Do you already have the baseboards? If not an electric space heater might do a faster job if you want to warm it up quickly. However, it will be noisier.
http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/items/3UG74
Sandor
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I assume you will be installing a 100 amp sub feeder panel feed from your main house fuse panel?
what is the capacity of the main panel and how tapped out is it? You have to figure this out to determine if you can pull a separate sub feeder panel of of it
now if you are going with a completely new drop from the street you will have plenty of amps to run that garage
A side bar if you do not have a 200 amp main breaker into your original home, 100 to the garage is not a good situation
You have to look at the main breaker many times a 200 amp panel is used with only a 150 main amp in
what is the capacity of the main panel and how tapped out is it? You have to figure this out to determine if you can pull a separate sub feeder panel of of it
now if you are going with a completely new drop from the street you will have plenty of amps to run that garage
A side bar if you do not have a 200 amp main breaker into your original home, 100 to the garage is not a good situation
You have to look at the main breaker many times a 200 amp panel is used with only a 150 main amp in
keyman512us
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Sandor said:
Without getting into a "long discussion on 'load calcs'..." a panelboard (regardless of it's rating) 'design criteria' is 125% of the total connected load and can only be loaded to 85%...
Load a 100 amp panel to 98 amps...(or a 200 amp panel to 198 amps... seen it happen) and you "will have a few laughs".
But as to the "original question" I would say "yes it is acceptable"....
I'm sure you mean in parallel, on one circuit. It is not ok to wire them in series.
In your case, with 1500w/240v heaters, you can safely have 2 per circuit.
In your case, with 1500w/240v heaters, you can safely have 2 per circuit.
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