Questions. i need to run a 220 line to a shed for a air compressor...

[wikdsvt]

What is all needed?

Luckily, my electrical boxes I have 2 and one of them is 1/2 empty, is in the corner of the basement closest to the shed.
Obviously, I need wire, some type of conduit, breakers for the house.
In the shed, do i need another box? I'd like to have 220 to run the compressor and also splice off and have regular 110 to run other tools, lights, and possibly a motion light.

the shed is about 100' from the house.

what will i need? do i need a permit? can anyone do this as a side job?

 

[Quick86]

Time for an electrician!

 

[standy]

I have a little experience wiring up mine, but I also had some help. Make sure you use wire large enough for the amperage that your compressor is rated for. My compressor was 30 amps, and required 10/3 wire at minimum. Where are you located?

 

[DennisH]

http://astarvingelectrician.com/

Lenny did mine two years ago. I dug the trench and he did the rest.

Dennis

 

[soap]

If you want to run a bunch of other items off 110 in the shed then the easiest way is to mount a subpanel in the shed. Decide how many amps you need and run that breaker (say 50 amp) off your main panel into the shed then you can run a 30amp 220 line for the compressor (or whatever it needs) and several other 110 circuits for miscellaneous stuff.

Make sure you run service entrance wire from the house to shed (you do not need conduit) and make sure you factor in the length of run for the wire size. To be safe you will probably have to run 3 gauge service entrance for a 50 amp breaker for 100+ feet.

--Joe

 

[OMG ITS BEAN]

Make sure its underground service cable regular SER isnt supposed to be underground i believe. Also you may need separate grounding because it is not an attached structure. Not 100 percent on that though. I just addded a subpanel to my garagr but it was attached. Used 2224 SER aluminum cable.

 

[soap]

Make sure its underground service cable regular SER isnt supposed to be underground i believe. Also you may need separate grounding because it is not an attached structure.

Both are correct. UG service wire and you should put a ground rod in the ground directly from the subpanel.

--Joe

 

[Lunger]

the trench needs to be a certain depth or else you have to run a hard conduit i think its 22" deep , then you can just lay the wire in it. Save time, rent a trencher ,takes longer to load and unload it off a pickup truck then to cut the trench.

 

[ReiKo]

the trench needs to be a certain depth or else you have to run a hard conduit i think its 22" deep , then you can just lay the wire in it. Save time, rent a trencher ,takes longer to load and unload it off a pickup truck then to cut the trench.

:stupid:

 

[Lunger]

:stupid:

Reiko's blueprint for conduit and turbo plumbing

 

[ReiKo]

Reiko's blueprint for conduit and turbo plumbing

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Nice try oldman... I think all that smoke from your cigarettes is clouding your vision...