PrimaFacie
Member
I've come into possession of High Gravity's 240v BIAB system, and now need to figure out how to power it. From what I can gather, I will need to add a 30amp GFCI breaker into my panel, run 10/3 wire from the panel to the receptacle, and wire in a 4 prong receptacle. The run from the panel to where the system will be set up is about 60 ft through my garage.
I had an electrician come by and was quoted $1230 for all the work. That seemed high to me. I'm already in possession of the GFCI breaker and the receptacle. Adding up the cost of wire and conduit, plus labor time, I can't see how they got to that number.
So the question is, do I attempt to install this myself?
I have room on my subpanel (installed recently to service a new furnace), and the feeder breaker appears to be 30amps. Do I need to do anything special to the subpanel, or can I just snap the GFCI breaker in there and run wires? (With the main breakers turned off, of course).
Here's the subpanel:
Here's the panel - it feeds the subpanel from the second and third slots on the top left (the 30 amp 2 pole breaker):
I feel comfortable wiring up the receptacle and running the wire, but the panel stuff makes me slightly antsy. Would love some insight.
I had an electrician come by and was quoted $1230 for all the work. That seemed high to me. I'm already in possession of the GFCI breaker and the receptacle. Adding up the cost of wire and conduit, plus labor time, I can't see how they got to that number.
So the question is, do I attempt to install this myself?
I have room on my subpanel (installed recently to service a new furnace), and the feeder breaker appears to be 30amps. Do I need to do anything special to the subpanel, or can I just snap the GFCI breaker in there and run wires? (With the main breakers turned off, of course).
Here's the subpanel:
Here's the panel - it feeds the subpanel from the second and third slots on the top left (the 30 amp 2 pole breaker):
I feel comfortable wiring up the receptacle and running the wire, but the panel stuff makes me slightly antsy. Would love some insight.