30 amp breaker help

[thirstyutahn]

Alright things got a little crazy with work and what not so I haven't even had a chance to think about this project until now. I greatly appreciate all the help you guys have been so far. I have a few more questions if you wouldn't mind.

I had assumed that the line for the AC was run in some conduit around the side of the house but I was wrong. It is run from the panel outside up some conduit and into the attic and then dropped straight down into the basement, run along a rafter and then into the basement garage where it is run through conduit across the ceiling and finally out the opposite wall to the AC unit.

My question is, wouldn't be it easier to just follow this same route to the garage? Go out the same hole to the garage and then use conduit to run it to the spot I want?

If I do this what exactly is the type of cable I would want to buy and what would be the proper gauge?
Is 10/4 correct?

While I'm mentioning cables and size, what would be best to run from my main to the new sub panel?

Thanks

 

[thirstyutahn]

Anyone?

 

[P-J]

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My question is, wouldn't be it easier to just follow this same route to the garage? Go out the same hole to the garage and then use conduit to run it to the spot I want?

If I do this what exactly is the type of cable I would want to buy and what would be the proper gauge?
Is 10/4 correct?

While I'm mentioning cables and size, what would be best to run from my main to the new sub panel?

Thanks

Some things to consider: When running conduit - do not run bundled cable within the conduit. It should be seperate wires within the conduit. If you must run cable through conduit, you should oversize the conduit one size to handle it. Just thinking up front...

!0/4 is ok for a 30A feed.

 

[thirstyutahn]

Some things to consider: When running conduit - do not run bundled cable within the conduit. It should be seperate wires within the conduit. If you must run cable through conduit, you should oversize the conduit one size to handle it. Just thinking up front...

!0/4 is ok for a 30A feed.

Hey thanks PJ, that's good to know.

 

[P-J]

Hey thanks PJ, that's good to know.

You are more than welcome. Electrical work can be a rather complex situation when you take on the task.

If I can help you in your overall plan, I'd be more than glad to help. Maybe we can talk it out if you think that would help. Just let me know your overall plan & maybe we can work out a definitive scheme.

Cheers on your build - and - I'd be glad to help.

P-J

 

[thirstyutahn]

You are more than welcome. Electrical work can be a rather complex situation when you take on the task.

If I can help you in your overall plan, I'd be more than glad to help. Maybe we can talk it out if you think that would help. Just let me know your overall plan & maybe we can work out a definitive scheme.

Cheers on your build - and - I'd be glad to help.

P-J

Thank you sir. Its always good to have help from someone who knows the code and has done this a time or two .

I'd love ya to look over the current plan and make sure I'd be doing this right. I have pictures of my main panel as well as the sub panels in the house. Also if this plan sounds good is there anything in particular I need to watch out for when wiring the new subpanel? I want to make absolutely sure I wire it correctly. Ill probably get my father in law to come oversee the project as he's an electrician. I want to learn as much as I can though because these are valuable skills to have.

Here we go. Replace the existing 20 and 30amp(for the AC) breakers with a 60 amp, put in a subpanel and move the 20 and 30 over to the new panel along with a 30 amp gfci. Run my 10/4 cable out of the subpanel through conduit and into the attic. From there fish the cable into the basement following the same path as the cable for the AC line and pull it through the hole in the garage wall. Now that it's in the garage run it through conduit again and over to the the spot I want to have my outlet.

Do I have this right?