Hi Guys,
I had to pull out the wiring from my house to my garage door gate opener. Thankfully the previous owner had put it in conduit, but at some point it had gotten cut and the splices went bad. I have gotten the correct splices and also permanently repaired the conduit. The run is appx 300' and I plan on reusing the 8GA aluminum wire.
My question is this - Does the ground wire need to be 8 GA also? or can I pull a smaller GA of copper (such as 12 GA)?
If anyone needs to locate buried wire or pipe, I would highly recommend this unit I bought from Brackmann Engineering - It was a lifesaver in locating my run of wire! Not bad as far as price, too!
http://www.brackmannengineering.com/cablefinder/index.htm
Thanks,
Rob
I had to pull out the wiring from my house to my garage door gate opener. Thankfully the previous owner had put it in conduit, but at some point it had gotten cut and the splices went bad. I have gotten the correct splices and also permanently repaired the conduit. The run is appx 300' and I plan on reusing the 8GA aluminum wire.
My question is this - Does the ground wire need to be 8 GA also? or can I pull a smaller GA of copper (such as 12 GA)?
If anyone needs to locate buried wire or pipe, I would highly recommend this unit I bought from Brackmann Engineering - It was a lifesaver in locating my run of wire! Not bad as far as price, too!
http://www.brackmannengineering.com/cablefinder/index.htm
Thanks,
Rob