from panel box to garage, 40ft. I want to install an automatic door opener and some lighting and out lets for small hand tools and appliances (radio,batterie charger). Nothing above ground and nothing below that i'm aware of.
I have 10/2 UF running to my garage for the opener, 4 outlets, and 3 lights. Used to be controlled by a switch in the house, but when we rewired, did away with the switch in the house, and have direct from the breaker panel to the garage, with a switch for the lights in the garage only.
Since we did not need to have 220 out in the garage, only ran with a 20amp in the main, and used a 2 breaker sub-panel in the garage to have a 20amp for the outlets, and 15 amp for the lights. Makes things a lot easier. Plus added a GFCI for the outlets in the garage, and a leg with a GFCI for the outdoor outlet.
That will work with getting lights into the garage at night :no:
Solar is expensive, a 300w panel & battery install would be a lot of $$
For greatest flexiblity I'd install a small 100a panel & feed it with 60a
But that depends upon what you have for house current & exisitng loads
There are a ton of threads onhere as JV said that explain this in detail
The NEC doesn't apply to me, as I'm out of jurisdiction. However, the ground temperature is about 20F for 6 months of the year.
Can you imagine, cutting the Romex installing a box, running separate conductors in the conduit, another splice in a box at the other end!
That's just another rule that was dreamed up to cover somebodies back side.
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