Hello Everyone, i'm new on the forum. Short story, bought my house last year and want to add electricity to my garage which is located 90ft from my home. From what I was seeing I have a square D main panel in my house. I recently purchased a murray 125amp, 8 space, 16 circuit indoor nema type 1 panel.
I mainly want electricity for a millermatic 211 Auto-Set with MVP mig welder with the following specs:
Input Power
230 V, 25 A, 60 Hz, 1-Phase
120 V, 20 A, 60 Hz, 1-Phase
My main panel looks like this:
My second (sub) panel looks like this:
Anyway, I was told to run the following:
Feed Sub panel with a 60 amp 2 pole breaker & 6/3 wg Cable (another electrician stated 6/2 wg cable).
Use a 30 amp 2 pole breaker using 8/3 cable for the welder receptacle.
For the lights I will be using 14/2 cable with 15 amp and for the receptacles I will be using 12/2 cable with 20 amp (this I have done before as I added lighting and receptacles to my home already).
Now, I went to homedepot and noticed that they sell a 6/3 wg cable ($215) and a 6/2 wg cable ($148). What's the difference between both other than the price and also what's the difference between 8/3 and 8/2 cable?
Sorry for the long story, I want this to be my weekend project. :thumbup:
Thanks for the help guys... I'll be posting progress pictures.
I mainly want electricity for a millermatic 211 Auto-Set with MVP mig welder with the following specs:
Input Power
230 V, 25 A, 60 Hz, 1-Phase
120 V, 20 A, 60 Hz, 1-Phase
My main panel looks like this:
My second (sub) panel looks like this:
Anyway, I was told to run the following:
Feed Sub panel with a 60 amp 2 pole breaker & 6/3 wg Cable (another electrician stated 6/2 wg cable).
Use a 30 amp 2 pole breaker using 8/3 cable for the welder receptacle.
For the lights I will be using 14/2 cable with 15 amp and for the receptacles I will be using 12/2 cable with 20 amp (this I have done before as I added lighting and receptacles to my home already).
Now, I went to homedepot and noticed that they sell a 6/3 wg cable ($215) and a 6/2 wg cable ($148). What's the difference between both other than the price and also what's the difference between 8/3 and 8/2 cable?
Sorry for the long story, I want this to be my weekend project. :thumbup:
Thanks for the help guys... I'll be posting progress pictures.