How to Wire a Storage Unit Circuit
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Electrical Circuits Question: I have a woodworking shop set up in a storage unit and have tapped my electrical into one of two 20A GFI circuit breakers stemming from a sub panel on my building. © By: Dave Rongey |
Installing a Circuit for a Storage Unit
Electrical Circuits Question:
I have a woodworking shop set up in a storage unit and have tapped my electrical into one of two 20A GFI circuit breakers stemming from a sub panel on my building. Upon investigation of the electrical set up,
I have looked into the sub panels of my building and the two previous(Out of 7 buildings between myself and the main breaker panel) and found that each building has a panel that has a breaker linking it to the next in line.
Two buildings before mine feeds 2-20A circuits, one GFI for the receptacles and one for the 70W HPS lighting circuit, and one 50 A breaker that feeds the building just before me.The building just before me has the same 2 20A circuits as the previous and then has a 40A breaker that feeds the panel on my building. My building has instead of 2 20 circuits, 4 20A circuits, two of which are GFI protected. And all of this is being fed from a 40A breaker in the previous sub panel!
I don't have a complete electrical understanding, but his couldn't be right could it?
We are having trouble with having enough power on our circuits in the building sometimes depending if someone is using electricity further down in the facility. Is there any fix by increasing the size of the breakers down the line?
Name: Michael P.
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Hi Michael - Great Electrical Repair Question! |
