Kingsblend420
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Man i would not put a sub panel in my grow room. Sketchy AF
Help 100amp service will this be safe
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Kdoggy
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Lol just some soon to be rusty connections causing heat locations what could possible go wrong im sure the fire department wont give the insurance company a quick get outa paying free card.
Why not run 4 , 20 amp gfi runs from a sub beside the main panel out of a humid environment? If its because it costs money you deff need to rethink your get rich quick plan do it right the first time and sleep soundly.
JSB99
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Yep, I just installed a 50a circuit for an RV outlet, and I used the required 6awg cable. The RV splits the 240v into 2x120v. Undersized wire can cause fires.Oh boy, I hate to be the party pooper but this is definitely not up to code. You have exposed wire which should be in conduit. If you're feeding the 100 amp subpanel with the same 12 gauge wire that's a problem too. A 12 gauge wire is only rated up to 25 amps in 75 degrees or warmer and as low as 20 amps at 60 degrees. If you want to run an 80 amp subpanel I would recommend a 4 gauge wire at the minimum. Also since none of this wire is behind the wall the receptacles should also be in a junction box and the wire running to the junction box for the receptacles should also be in conduit. A box like this...
You don't have to use steel conduit. You can use PVC conduit which is what I would recommend since it's easier to cut, lighter, and cheaper. I would love to see the inside of the subpanel and the main panel. Also if any other people with electrical experience want to chime in feel free!
Awsome so it will work I was scared because I just started building my room and if I had to upgrade my service I would have to take everything Down so you are say a sub panel will be safe my house has this 100 amp breaker box my whole house is being powered by it I think so if I Add that sub panel will it be over the recommended amperage the box can handle
Yeah so that’s what I don’t no what percent my circuit is at but my electrician said he can do it safely if I’m using leds
So your saying it is not safe the breaker boxes will be in a dry safe location
JSB99
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I would use a seal on the panel door and between the box and wall to help prevent moisture issues.
getogrow
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It is safe. You can put the panel wherever you want. If your grow room is that humid then your gonna want to fix that anyways.
You do not NEED conduit....its not code. Its completely legit the way it is.
Your % is going to be all your watts added together. Everything that can run at the same time is turned on and measured. As long as you are at or under 80 amps total then you are fine. Watts/volts =amps.
getogrow
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I worked with a guy who decided this to be true....its not. This guy wired his whole house in 10 wire to everything. Thats pretty dumb if you ask me. Running 2x 120 volts feeds is the same as running a bigger wire.....either will save money. I mean the house has less resistence then normal homes but he aint saving any money. After 10 years he might be able to say hes saved 4 bucks but thats it.
getogrow
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That comes out to just over 50 amps. That leaves you with plenty of room but dont forget to add up all your home stuff too....
JSB99
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He wired his entire house with 10awg??? Holy shit, the wire must have been worth as much as the house LOL!
getogrow
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Well he worked at the local electrician booth , so im guessing he got it cheaper then home depot but the guys that did the finish were SHITTY. This guy went way overkill on a lot of things in that house. I just wonder how he ran his plumbing to "make the bill cheaper"
Renfro
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Can't have been much fun having to land all that #10 on the receptacles. lol Talk about a waste of money.
lol, probably used a PEX manifold setup with individual feeds for every tap. Wouldn't save money really but man that's a really premium setup. Maybe on demand tankless water heater/s. That might save money depending on usage patterns. I always thought it was so wasteful to keep water hot 24/7. I put a Bosch on demand tankless in the house I owned back in Missouri. It was tits, their larger model that could handle two taps at once. That thing made all the hot water I wanted so long as I had cold water and natural gas. It was slick, didn't even need an electrical feed. It used the flow of the water to run a little dynamo that made the power it required to light the burners and run. The only downside to it was that you could only pull water from two taps before it couldn't keep up, and it did take about 30 seconds of running the water to get hot water. In a home with lots of family members you would definitely want multiple units.I just wonder how he ran his plumbing to "make the bill cheaper"
Alr cool so it should be safe and it’s code so it not illegal or nothing this is a care giver grow
getogrow
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After looking at the RIGHT picture again, it seems i was wrong depending on location of the panel. If that is in a living space then it should be piped in. Code says it should be piped in but its safe if you ask me.
Originally i thought that panel was in the basement.
My panel is in the basement
Go go n chill
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Get an electrician, I’ve already seen enough stupid statements on here to burn 10 houses down!!
getogrow
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Nevermind , it seems you have not put a picture up ? I was looking at the other 2 or 3 panels in this thread. Sorry.
Lets see a picture of what you have and how you plan on running it ?
Renfro
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Yeah I was wondering what you were looking at lol