Hi, I have a 200amp main panel in the garage with 6 empty spots in it. I have a utility room in the basement about 35' away from the main panel with about 6" of concrete wall and 8" of wood framed wall into drop ceiling space above a room between the two spaces. I currently only have 1 15amp outlet in the utility room. I would like to have a sub panel installed in the utility room to add more outlets for saw, router table, dust collector, air cleaner (down the road), and possibly a kiln (50amp breaker required 240v for ceramics).
My initial thought is that conduit will need to be run from the main box to the spot in the garage with a common wall and then drill through the concrete or wood frame wall and continue the conduit into the utility room to the sub panel. My desire would be to have the conduit run along the perimeter of the garage floor from the main panel to the spot where it needs to penetrate the rest of the house.
I have read earlier posts regarding lights on separate circuits (there are currently two two bulb flourescent fixtures on a circuit from the main panel). Then I would probably want a 20amp circuit for dust collection. Two 20amp circuits for saw, router table, drill press, pottery wheel, etc. I can not think of a situation where more then one of those would ever be used at a time. And then two 15 or 20 amp circuits for hand tools, stereo, tv, etc.
I would like to keep the option open for the air cleaner (20amp?) and kiln (50amp) down the road.
There is a door from the garage to the house with masonry steps leading up to the door between the main panel and the area where entering the house seems the least intrusive. That is why conduit from the main to sub seems like the easiest option. The only place where the coduit would be visible is in the garage. Does this sound like a feasible approach? Any other considerations that I need to make? Thank you in advance.
Jim
My initial thought is that conduit will need to be run from the main box to the spot in the garage with a common wall and then drill through the concrete or wood frame wall and continue the conduit into the utility room to the sub panel. My desire would be to have the conduit run along the perimeter of the garage floor from the main panel to the spot where it needs to penetrate the rest of the house.
I have read earlier posts regarding lights on separate circuits (there are currently two two bulb flourescent fixtures on a circuit from the main panel). Then I would probably want a 20amp circuit for dust collection. Two 20amp circuits for saw, router table, drill press, pottery wheel, etc. I can not think of a situation where more then one of those would ever be used at a time. And then two 15 or 20 amp circuits for hand tools, stereo, tv, etc.
I would like to keep the option open for the air cleaner (20amp?) and kiln (50amp) down the road.
There is a door from the garage to the house with masonry steps leading up to the door between the main panel and the area where entering the house seems the least intrusive. That is why conduit from the main to sub seems like the easiest option. The only place where the coduit would be visible is in the garage. Does this sound like a feasible approach? Any other considerations that I need to make? Thank you in advance.
Jim
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