Don't worry about that - only if you were feeding it power with Aluminum wire instead of copper - causes corrosion if not used with proper adapter (still causes corrosion, just not as bad, lol). Thats all that crap was about.
stay with 12 gauge wire with the loads you plan on running. and try and stick to 240v too, as much as possible with lights, fans etc.
:danger: You are 100% correct. I did run ten two from the thirty amp, I wrote the wrong guage. Fuck me, glad dude is in an apt and didn't touch his electrical. Need to quit posting high! :danger:
So I was at the hardware store yesterday, pricing how much adding a sub-panel would be. After talking with the head of the department, a now retired electrician, a NEW option has presented itself. He saw me looking around and asked me what it is I wanted to do. I told him of my initial idea, bumping my 15A to 20A if I have 12gauge wiring. Then told him about running a sub-panel. His concern about the sub-panel is that I could very possibly exceed the main panel's 100A, especially during winter with the heating, stove and hot water tank... He then suggested something else. He showed me a DOUBLE 15A (Also showed me a DOUBLE 20A, needing 12/2 or 12/3 wire) breaker in "Square-D". He said all I have to do is take out and existing single 15A breaker, replace it with the DOUBLE 15A breaker, reconnect it THEN run a dedicated line (14/2 or 14/3) from the newly added 15A circuit. Once again, only if the main panel's 100A isn't exceeded. I think this idea would be most feasible. How many 15A circuits do you Electro's think I could get away with adding to my panel as is? i.e. Replacing 1,2 or 3 SINGLE 15A breakers to DOUBLE 15A breakers? opcorn-2:opcorn-2:opcorn-2:
If you are going that route don't piggyback your equipment with a light circuit or a High Current draw circuit like say the kitchen. You may experience flickering aka dips in your HID lighting the ballast should be able to handle this but it's best if you move a few light circuits onto doubles to free up space for your new circuits. Square D is a brand name note like code or anything. It's owned by Schnieder Electric these days it has it's own section in Grainger. There is not limitless space in your main panel though. You should be doing some math of total current being used Real world not a guesstimate. It looks like you have one open slot so you only need to piggy back one circuit. You have more than average 220v circuits already. 5 by my count. Keep at it and be careful, gloves can be a cheap life saver if you are not used to working in a live panel. Make sure to terminate the wires into the breakers then snap them in makes it way easier. For those who criticize working on a live panel you have never added circs to an occupied office building during the day? GLOVES and insulated tools come on guys. Why they call you Sparky? ? ? Steelcity
I only plan to upgrade TWO circuits. Two current 15A's will become 20A or two dedicated 15A's will be added, never drawing more than 10-12A each.
