Tim Fastle
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We are on a couple of acres and I want to put some 120v electrical plugs out front for convivence. One to my gate to charge the battery, one for Christmas lights and a couple here and there to plug tools into if and when needed. I will probably run 3 circuits but they will rarely be used and almost never will multiple of them be used at the same time.
I plan to mount the new subpanel on a pole that is 155' from the main panel. When I did an addition a few years back I ran 1" electrical conduit to the location to use when I added the panel. I also already have enough 8 gauge THHN wire for the runs which I would like to use. My plan is to run 240v - 30 amp service (I would rather go with 40 amp but I think I would have to use 6 gauge wire for that and want to use the wire I have) to the subpanel and then run 120v 15 amp circuits (maybe one of them 20 amp ) out of the panel.
From my research back when I ran the conduit I believe I will pull 2 hots, a ground and a neutral because I want to have 120v circuits from the subpanel. I will connect the two hot to my main breaker in the sub, and the ground to the ground bus and the neutral to the neutral bus and do not bond them together. Also, it's my understanding that I should not install a grounding rod since there will be a system ground in the sub.
Am I correct with the approach I have described above or do I need a bit of adjusting? Also, if I get a panel that allows me to connect directly to the hot busbars do I need a main breaker in the sub?
Thanks for any input!
T
I plan to mount the new subpanel on a pole that is 155' from the main panel. When I did an addition a few years back I ran 1" electrical conduit to the location to use when I added the panel. I also already have enough 8 gauge THHN wire for the runs which I would like to use. My plan is to run 240v - 30 amp service (I would rather go with 40 amp but I think I would have to use 6 gauge wire for that and want to use the wire I have) to the subpanel and then run 120v 15 amp circuits (maybe one of them 20 amp ) out of the panel.
From my research back when I ran the conduit I believe I will pull 2 hots, a ground and a neutral because I want to have 120v circuits from the subpanel. I will connect the two hot to my main breaker in the sub, and the ground to the ground bus and the neutral to the neutral bus and do not bond them together. Also, it's my understanding that I should not install a grounding rod since there will be a system ground in the sub.
Am I correct with the approach I have described above or do I need a bit of adjusting? Also, if I get a panel that allows me to connect directly to the hot busbars do I need a main breaker in the sub?
Thanks for any input!
T