Hey guys! Searched around but couldn’t find the answer, so hoping y’all can help out.
I have an outbuilding that’s about 80’ away from my house. In addition, the panel is on the opposite end of the house, making my wire run about 125’ or so. The previous owner had installed some direct bury 12-2 wire out to the building, which is disconnected currently but I am wanting to reconnect. I checked the wire with my multimeter and all appears okay.
I did a voltage drop calculation and appears that I will be good up to about 10 amps, but anything more will have a pretty significant drop. I’m not planning on running anything too high of amperage, likely just lights and maybe a battery charger or shop vac so I am not overly concerned with that in of itself.
However, I am concerned if there is a safety concern with the long run? Right now it is on a 20a breaker, would I be better off to replace with a smaller breaker? My long term plans include a new shop with better service, but hoping I can make this work in the meantime.
Thanks in advance!
I have an outbuilding that’s about 80’ away from my house. In addition, the panel is on the opposite end of the house, making my wire run about 125’ or so. The previous owner had installed some direct bury 12-2 wire out to the building, which is disconnected currently but I am wanting to reconnect. I checked the wire with my multimeter and all appears okay.
I did a voltage drop calculation and appears that I will be good up to about 10 amps, but anything more will have a pretty significant drop. I’m not planning on running anything too high of amperage, likely just lights and maybe a battery charger or shop vac so I am not overly concerned with that in of itself.
However, I am concerned if there is a safety concern with the long run? Right now it is on a 20a breaker, would I be better off to replace with a smaller breaker? My long term plans include a new shop with better service, but hoping I can make this work in the meantime.
Thanks in advance!