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RE: 220v circuit in garage

To: "shop-talk@Autox.Team.Net" <shop-talk@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: RE: 220v circuit in garage
From: Mark Miller <markm@tutsys.com>
Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 15:39:55 -0700
In a message dated 97-05-09, Paul Richer wrote:

>  There's nothing wrong with having the extra
>  capacity if you are willing to pay for it, but like others have said,
>  There's other things I would rather spend my money on.
> =20
=20
I'll toss in my two cents.  Checking my fairway Elec catalog a 20/40 =
(can take split breakers) position 200 A panel costs $87 and a 20/20 =
position 100A panel costs $48.  I'd say: go wild.  Spend the extra forty =
bucks plus the extra $25 for heavier wire.  Unless your garage is a few =
hundred feet away from the service entrance/main panel you aren't =
looking at much more in money or labor.

Mark Miller
who has only a 16 gauge orange extension cord leading to his garage, but =
talks big

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