I'm finishing a basement, and currently have an unused 20 amp breaker once dedicated for a washer, a well as a 240V outlet for an old dryer long since moved upstairs. The 240 outlet is hooked into my main panel at a twin 30 amp breaker. My plan is to use the 20 amp for the bathroom, and then put in a subpanel where the 240V was, so I can run three circuits:
1 - spare bedroom (lights/outlets/small TV)
2 - small 120V 1000W cadet heater
3 - dedicated outlet for a treadmill (around 1100W at peak)
The electrician was out today and mentioned he could only put in a 30 amp breaker where that 240V outlet is. I already ran 2 lines of 12G romex to the area where the washer/dryer outlets were (one each for the bath and bed), and was going to run 2 more lines - one for the heater, and one for the outlets.
Something tells me I'm going about this all wrong - I couldn't quite get an answer as to why we couldn't put in more than 30 amps at that old 240 - my hope was to run three separate 20 amp circuits from it (I thought 2 30 amp breakers at the main meant I had 60 amps total - stupid of me) so I could dedicate one 20 amp breaker each to the bedroom, heater, and treadmill.
All/any input and advice appreciated.
1 - spare bedroom (lights/outlets/small TV)
2 - small 120V 1000W cadet heater
3 - dedicated outlet for a treadmill (around 1100W at peak)
The electrician was out today and mentioned he could only put in a 30 amp breaker where that 240V outlet is. I already ran 2 lines of 12G romex to the area where the washer/dryer outlets were (one each for the bath and bed), and was going to run 2 more lines - one for the heater, and one for the outlets.
Something tells me I'm going about this all wrong - I couldn't quite get an answer as to why we couldn't put in more than 30 amps at that old 240 - my hope was to run three separate 20 amp circuits from it (I thought 2 30 amp breakers at the main meant I had 60 amps total - stupid of me) so I could dedicate one 20 amp breaker each to the bedroom, heater, and treadmill.
All/any input and advice appreciated.