I am working on a subproject of eventually having the entire house rewired so I'm doing a section at a time. The scope of the current subproject is a service entrance move and 200 amp upgrade and running a 100 amp feeder to a subpanel in the detatched garage.
The goal this weekend is to complete all work needed to schedule rough inspection next week. The new service entrance and 200 amp panel are ready for inspection on the house, I have 2 nephews digging the trench and they should be finished tonight. If it wasn't raining so much they would've finished Sunday. I have rigid conduit and 1/0 aluminum XHWN ready to go in the trench.
My questions are about what would be the minimum requirements for outdoor lighting and receptacles, and whether there are dedicated circuit requirements to be aware of.
At present, there are only dead receptacles in the garage, so I'm treating the garage as if it has no electrical. There is a garage door openner and I know that it needs to be on tamper-proof GFCI. There is one porch light at the back door for the house. There are no outdoor receptacles anywhere on my house, garage or property.
I don't plan on dealing with the front of my house at this time, that will be later.
Questions specifically I have:
1) Is there anything that would require seperate circuits for anything off the garage subpanel, I plan to put in 1 duplex receptacle for general use, 2 switch operated ceiling receptacles for inside flourescent lights and 1 ceiling receptacle for the garage door openner, plus one outdoor duplex receptacle. Would all of this be allowed on one circuit?
2) I will be putting one outdoor duplex receptacle on its own circuit on the house, it will be easiest to put this near the meter socket. Any distance restrictions I need to observe?
3) Is there any code requirements for outdoor lighting on the garage?
4) Garage ground rods: I have 2 put in for the house, I am using the rigid metal conduit as my ground conductor and it is buried 21" and I plan to put in 1 ground rod for the garage. I know this varies by locallity, but is a second ground rod very likely to be required for 100A in a detatched structure?
The goal this weekend is to complete all work needed to schedule rough inspection next week. The new service entrance and 200 amp panel are ready for inspection on the house, I have 2 nephews digging the trench and they should be finished tonight. If it wasn't raining so much they would've finished Sunday. I have rigid conduit and 1/0 aluminum XHWN ready to go in the trench.
My questions are about what would be the minimum requirements for outdoor lighting and receptacles, and whether there are dedicated circuit requirements to be aware of.
At present, there are only dead receptacles in the garage, so I'm treating the garage as if it has no electrical. There is a garage door openner and I know that it needs to be on tamper-proof GFCI. There is one porch light at the back door for the house. There are no outdoor receptacles anywhere on my house, garage or property.
I don't plan on dealing with the front of my house at this time, that will be later.
Questions specifically I have:
1) Is there anything that would require seperate circuits for anything off the garage subpanel, I plan to put in 1 duplex receptacle for general use, 2 switch operated ceiling receptacles for inside flourescent lights and 1 ceiling receptacle for the garage door openner, plus one outdoor duplex receptacle. Would all of this be allowed on one circuit?
2) I will be putting one outdoor duplex receptacle on its own circuit on the house, it will be easiest to put this near the meter socket. Any distance restrictions I need to observe?
3) Is there any code requirements for outdoor lighting on the garage?
4) Garage ground rods: I have 2 put in for the house, I am using the rigid metal conduit as my ground conductor and it is buried 21" and I plan to put in 1 ground rod for the garage. I know this varies by locallity, but is a second ground rod very likely to be required for 100A in a detatched structure?