Dave Sherburne NY
Well-known Member
Just saw John T's post about old barns and made me think of an electrical question I have.
There are 2 UF cables, 3 #10 wire plus ground wire in each cable running from my house to the shop underground. Red Black, White and 1 bare. Right now one cable powers the Circuit breaker panel in the shop and 2 wires in the other go to the phone out there. Works fine. Don't know what size breaker is powering the shop now. QUESTION, if I hook the 2 reds the 2 whites, the 2 blacks, and the 2 bare grounds together to make one 3 plus ground wire cable what size DP breaker can I put in the house to power the garage? Hope you can understand my goal here, I can hardly understand it myself. The house is in the process of getting a new square D service entrance installed right now.
There are 2 UF cables, 3 #10 wire plus ground wire in each cable running from my house to the shop underground. Red Black, White and 1 bare. Right now one cable powers the Circuit breaker panel in the shop and 2 wires in the other go to the phone out there. Works fine. Don't know what size breaker is powering the shop now. QUESTION, if I hook the 2 reds the 2 whites, the 2 blacks, and the 2 bare grounds together to make one 3 plus ground wire cable what size DP breaker can I put in the house to power the garage? Hope you can understand my goal here, I can hardly understand it myself. The house is in the process of getting a new square D service entrance installed right now.