Hey folks, this is my first post in here, hope you can give me some info! I'm far, far from being an expert but I've already fixed several dangerous wiring situations I've found that the previous owner of my house left for me!
I'm trying to clean up the wiring to my garage, what I have is a 120 line/15 amp breaker, a 120 line/20 amp breaker, and a 240 line/40 amp breaker. All breakers are in the main panel in basement of house, garage is semi-detached (has a fully walled/roofed breezeway between it and the house).
My question is about the 240 line: What I would like to do is take the 240 and put it into a sub panel (it's a 4 wire line with ground). I would like to keep a 40 amp breaker in there for when I want to use it for a welder or whatever but I'd also like to run 2 20-amp 120 lines to gain some more outlets in the garage.
Make sense so far? lol
What I'm thinking is that I can run the 240 line into a disconnect then a sub panel with a 40 amp breaker for a 240 outlet, and 2-20 amp breakers for 120 outlets. Am I way off base?
I'd appreciate your feedback as to whether this is possible or not.
Keep in mind that the 240 outlet would never be used at the same time as the other 2 outlets (and even if they were they should trip the 40 amp in the main panel, right?)
I'm trying to clean up the wiring to my garage, what I have is a 120 line/15 amp breaker, a 120 line/20 amp breaker, and a 240 line/40 amp breaker. All breakers are in the main panel in basement of house, garage is semi-detached (has a fully walled/roofed breezeway between it and the house).
My question is about the 240 line: What I would like to do is take the 240 and put it into a sub panel (it's a 4 wire line with ground). I would like to keep a 40 amp breaker in there for when I want to use it for a welder or whatever but I'd also like to run 2 20-amp 120 lines to gain some more outlets in the garage.
Make sense so far? lol
What I'm thinking is that I can run the 240 line into a disconnect then a sub panel with a 40 amp breaker for a 240 outlet, and 2-20 amp breakers for 120 outlets. Am I way off base?
I'd appreciate your feedback as to whether this is possible or not.
Keep in mind that the 240 outlet would never be used at the same time as the other 2 outlets (and even if they were they should trip the 40 amp in the main panel, right?)