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However there is a dryer outlet in the garage so I think I'm in business

How do I tell if I have 30a available? The garage has a separate fuse box.

Gas would be cheaper to run?

Add up the total amperage of all the breakers and subtract it from the main one would be the easiest way. I assume you mean breakers and not fuse box.

Gas pipe alone is probably like $2.50 a foot. Excavation, installation, hook up.. Could get pricey also.

My guess is there was a wood burner in there for a reason

Update. Only 15a available. However there is a dryer outlet in the garage so I think I'm in business

Yep. That should work for a big one like dodint posted which I believe was 240v

However there is a dryer outlet in the garage so I think I'm in business

Just need a dryer and a turkey and you will be...

How do I tell if I have 30a available? The garage has a separate fuse box.

Gas would be cheaper to run?

Add up the total amperage of all the breakers and subtract it from the main one would be the easiest way. I assume you mean breakers and not fuse box.

Gas pipe alone is probably like $2.50 a foot. Excavation, installation, hook up.. Could get pricey also.

My guess is there was a wood burner in there for a reason

Update. Only 15a available. However there is a dryer outlet in the garage so I think I'm in business

Yep. That should work for a big one like dodint posted which I believe was 240v

Confirmed. So dumb question. But whatever.. I've been cool with undertaking most things around my house but have been scared to **** around and find out with electrical work. Get an electrician to hardwire this thing in or is that an easy enough job?

Yeah, run a dedicated outlet for it.

Source: am a guy who lost hundreds of dollars worth of food when a gfi tripped.

GFCI is also required in garages, so I assume that's what happened to you, too. You don't need dedicated circuits, but if you have a large fridge or freezer on a 15a line, I could see why it happened. I thought about running 12/2 on a 20 for this, but that's just spending money for no reason, since this is dedicated, and the freezer only draws 1.7a (and max 5-6 on start).

Speaking of sump pumps, has anyone here replaced one and how often? We've been in our house for 6 years. I've replaced the float once and done nothing else to it. It runs pretty frequently. The internet tells me that the average lifespan is 7-10 years. That seems pretty often to me, but I don't want to wait until it fails.

Finished wiring up the outlet. My panel is 60% full, but man is it tight in there. I had to run the common up where the grounds were because I didn’t want to fight with the other wires down low. Glad the neutral bar accepts both ground and neutral, because I think I’d be in bigger trouble if it had a separate ground bar.

Finished wiring up the outlet. My panel is 60% full, but man is it tight in there. I had to run the common up where the grounds were because I didn’t want to fight with the other wires down low. Glad the neutral bar accepts both ground and neutral, because I think I’d be in bigger trouble if it had a separate ground bar.

My electrician laughed when I told him I wanted a 400 amp service and 2 200 amp panels up and down stairs. This was why.

We actually went ahead with solar and had panels installed last week. Will overproduce to 115% of our current electrical needs, 26% federal tax rebate, whatever the hell the state tax rebates are, market rate for selling back to Penn Power, and locked in at the same price as our current electric bill. Too good to pass up.

We also have a comparatively small system as the back of our house gets hammered with direct sun and all of our panels are on the back roof and aren’t visible from the street. If it was a situation where we would have random solar panels all over the roof I would probably want a better deal.