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I have a circuit breaker for our hot tub and one for a sauna
The sauna is gone now leaving one open
Can I go to Home Depot and run wire from this to another area on our property and if I can,what size wire do I need please?
Editing my answer to call an electrician. Too many things with not enough info.
TM
What size is the breaker?
How far is the run?
What will you power with it?
Use UF-B cable (romex) if you intend to bury it or expose it to the elements.
Depends on local codes. Will dictate if PVC, Rigid , or UF cable can be used, and how deep the run has to be.
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I have no idea...we needed 220 for the hot tub so I had an electrician do that and then we ended up with the box outside
I noticed it had second one so we ran it to sauna ...
I would just like a plug on the end of it
Intend to bury it in conduit and would like to run it approx 300ft from the panel itself
For sure. I know nothing about Washington.
I'd put it in PVC anyway just incase I had to bury a dog, or body, or something and wouldn't want to nick the wire.
Take a pic of the breaker you're going to use and post it. But to be honest, it sounds like you don't know a lot about electrical wiring. No shame in it but you might need to ask around and see if anybody you know has some DIY experience. You probably have 30 to 50 amp double pole breaker so you can't just stick any old plug on the end and plug in radio or a skillsaw. Depending on What you are going to use it for you might need to pull a neutral along with the L1, L2 and ground.
Sounds to me like you doubled up on the load originally with the "second one" without taking into account the line side feeding that disconnect.
I would size my feeder before I did anything.
Toollmaker, I luv ya bro, but don't give out electrical advice. 😘
Ur dangerous. Lol
Pisto.
Most portable tubs want a 50 Amp gfi breaker. They’re not cheap. What Freddy said, you have to know what it needs to run, and then go a little bigger if it’s me, who knows when you’re gonna plug more shit into something than you should 😀
Wire bigger than you needed ? Oh well, probably could’ve saved a couple bucks
Wire smaller than you need ? Take the money you saved on the smaller wire and times it by 100. 😜
Just read where you said you don’t know if it’s 110 or 220, do you have an electrician buddy that’ll work for pizza and beer ? 😃
I didn't know you were a electrician. 🤣
I've stuck my tongue on a battery, am I qualified?🤣 Or was that some girls ass? Can't remember.
What? OK I'll bite? Please explain. I'll edit my answer.
TM
Doing so would also make replacing the run of wire later (if necessary ) a ton easier.
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