There is an opportunity for me to get a 8/3 cables (used but in good condition) for a great price. So I was thinking to get an electric system for HLT and BK in my garage.
The plan is to have a 240VAC from a gfci 40 amps breaker in the main panel and run a cable to the garage.
However with 8/3 cable, I can't have 120V from the same source which is ground fault protected in the electrical panel for powering peripheral equipments (lights, contactors, pid controllers, pumps, etc). Instead I will have to get the regular non GF 120VAC source from the wall socket. Will this cause any safety problems ?
If the above answer is NO, then I had thought several options from the cheapest to most expensive:
1. Get a single 8 awg wire and run along with the 8/3 wire (tie wraps) so I have 8/4
2. Get a 120V gfci for powering the peripheral equipments
3. Forget about the good deal on 8/3 and get brand new 8/4 cables
4. Get all peripheral equipments in 240VAC
Any opinions, comments, suggestions, critiques, etc are greatly welcome and appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
The plan is to have a 240VAC from a gfci 40 amps breaker in the main panel and run a cable to the garage.
However with 8/3 cable, I can't have 120V from the same source which is ground fault protected in the electrical panel for powering peripheral equipments (lights, contactors, pid controllers, pumps, etc). Instead I will have to get the regular non GF 120VAC source from the wall socket. Will this cause any safety problems ?
If the above answer is NO, then I had thought several options from the cheapest to most expensive:
1. Get a single 8 awg wire and run along with the 8/3 wire (tie wraps) so I have 8/4
2. Get a 120V gfci for powering the peripheral equipments
3. Forget about the good deal on 8/3 and get brand new 8/4 cables
4. Get all peripheral equipments in 240VAC
Any opinions, comments, suggestions, critiques, etc are greatly welcome and appreciated.
Thanks in advance.