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tom_kat
way upstate new york/lake george area
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if you have no power to the garage depending on how far the run would be would depend on the size of wire,i wired my garage up for 60 amp 220 service from my 200 amp breaker box in the house,ran the cable under ground to a breaker box in the garage and ran my 30 amp cable off of that,have a small workshop out there and the extra power comes in handy,30 amps isnt much for a garage,best to have some one that knows how to do it,do it for you,if you have cable tv or phone in the house might as well run that to while your doing it,mines hooked up for everything comes in handy ,doesnt cost much compaired to haveing power run out there,throw all the cables in the same ditch,
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Steve Val
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rgraham wrote:If you have to ask that question about how to wire 30 amp maybe you should get a electrician to do it for you, may save you money in the long run, are maybe get a buddy that knows how to run wire to a
receptacle, don't play around with electric if you don't know what you are doing, it isn't fore-giving,,,,, Richard
Be careful with having an electrician do it as well - there have been several postings where someone had an electrician do it, and the wired it up like a dryer outlet - not quite the same thing...
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Big Katuna
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There have been several threads on the forum about how the professional electrician wired the 30 amp plug up to 220, like a stove, and caused lots of damage. No panacea there. If you have replaced a receptacle or installed a ceiling fan and understand the seriousness of what you are doing, understand that you need good tight physical connections, use the correct wire size and use a little common sense, you can safely do it.
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Jim@HiTek
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Go here for pictures of house & RV style 30A & 50A connections.
30A, 50A info
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Kenneth
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A 30 amp RV circuit requires a single pole 30 amp circuit breaker in the service panel, 10/2 cable (bigger for long runs), and a NEMA TT-30 receptacle in a weathertight box.
A 50 amp RV circuit requires a double pole 50 amp circuit breaker in the service panel, 6/3 cable, and a NEMA 14-50 receptacle.
If you want 30 amp upgradeable to 50 amp, run the 6/3 cable, the single pole 30 amp breaker, and the NEMA TT-30 receptacle. It is easy in the future to install the 50 amp two pole breaker and NEMA 14-50 receptacle.
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jwharris_95758
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Well I don't know about wiring it up. One thing I never do myself is electricity. Its just to dangerous. But Home Depot sells a TT-30 Nema plug in a very nice box already wired up, it from Connecticut Electrical. It looks real nice and it cost abotu 15 bucks, but let a pro install it.
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Tsalla Apopka
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In the electrical dept at Home Depot in a box is an item called an RV Hookup which has the receptacle and the housing in one package. Many of their associates don't know about it, just make them keep looking.
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dennis and terry
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you didn't say if your new garage has power itself. if not, i recommend installing a 100A service panel in the garage then branching the RV circuit off of this panel. i'm sure you'll be using electrical equipment in the garage and it will make installing a 50A easier when you upgrade your RV. this is not a job for DIY or your brother-in-law either. get a licensed electrican and make sure he pulls a permit. called CYA...
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FredC
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I would call an electrician. If you aren't sure of what you are doing, electricity will kill you or burn your home and RV and you
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NDBBM
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rgraham wrote:Yeah I know, I been their I been their I been their, 120 amp not bad
but 220 amp will burn,,,,,,,,
You did mean volts right? Either one of those amperages will kill you in a heartbeat, or less. Now if you want to feel hurt, grab the back of a color tv tube that has a bad ground. 20+ kv REALLY set you back in your chair. Happened to just about everyone in TV lab at the tech school I went to. I got lucky(I guess) and got hit by the B/W set. it was only around 12kv. Still hurt pretty bad though. Remember, volts hurt amps kill.
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