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Posted by PeterD on September 28, 2009, 7:09 pm
>PeterD wrote:
>> On Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:00:59 +0000,
>> dsmith707_at_wildblue_dot_net@foo.com (dsmith707) wrote:
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>>> I have an existing shop that has a 200amp panel. Iam now building a house
>>> that is 40 ft from the shop. What wire size would be needed? Should i run
>>> the new panel as a sub panel?
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>>> Dan
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>> personally I'd give serious consideration to running a totally
>> seperate service, meter and all...
>>
>> As to what size wire: what size panel?
>>
>> Run as a sub panel? Yes, or run a totally seperate service as I
>> mentioned above...
>Thats what I did. The electric company calls it a garage meter.
>If I had a survey, it would have had a separate address. I liked the
>garage meter idea.
Around here, the cost of doing that is often cheaper than running
wiring to the garage, too! And multiple meters are heavily discounted.
(and, you can figure out how much power that new table saw is
using...)
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>that is 40 ft from the shop. What wire size would be needed? Should i run
>the new panel as a sub panel?
>-------------------------------------
>Dan