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Can you pull 60amp from main box to garage and run a lot of power tools?
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∙ 11y ago
You can run a 6AWG cable from a 2 pole 60A breaker in the main box to your garage, into a small sub-box with 4 15A circuit breakers, and hang a outlet from each circuit breaker. That would do 4 normal power tools fairly safely.
Your better off bringing a 100A sub service to your garage if your going to spend the time and money on the project.
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60 amps will work just fine but 40 or 50 amps will probably do you just as well. Odds are you won't be running more than one tool at a time and you can install multiple 15 or 20 amp circuits. Your individual circuits can add up to more than the size of service you actually supply.
A compressor may need a 240v 2-pole circuit. Lights are not much of a consideration unless you are doing something unusual. Install enough receptacles that one is always convenient.
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