TGMcCallie
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I have a #10 3 wire coming from my main breaker box to a sub breaker box
which gives me 240 volts and 30 amps.
I want to come off the individual breakers in this sub panel to a pool pump, pool cleaner and lights.
The Pool 1 HP Pump pulls 7.5 amps x 220 volts
The Cleaner 3/4 HP booster pump pulls 6.4 amps x 220 volts
The light is 500 watts x 120 volts which I figure about 4.2 amps x 120
This will give me approx. 18.1 amps total.
Can I come off each individual 15 amp breaker and go seperately to each one of these loads with #14 3 gague wire? The distance from breakers to each load is less than 5 feet. Both pumps wired 240 and the light wired 120. I will use #14 2 on the 120 volt light circuit.
The reason I want to do this is because #14 wire is so much easier to work with under the screws of the motors than #10 3 and #12 3 gague wire.
If this is advisable, do I use 15 amp ground fault breakers on each circuit or
can I use the one single GF breaker (20 amp) which I now have on the main
pannel that serves the #10 3 wire????
Thanks for your help. I just want to keep everything safe and working properly.
Tom
which gives me 240 volts and 30 amps.
I want to come off the individual breakers in this sub panel to a pool pump, pool cleaner and lights.
The Pool 1 HP Pump pulls 7.5 amps x 220 volts
The Cleaner 3/4 HP booster pump pulls 6.4 amps x 220 volts
The light is 500 watts x 120 volts which I figure about 4.2 amps x 120
This will give me approx. 18.1 amps total.
Can I come off each individual 15 amp breaker and go seperately to each one of these loads with #14 3 gague wire? The distance from breakers to each load is less than 5 feet. Both pumps wired 240 and the light wired 120. I will use #14 2 on the 120 volt light circuit.
The reason I want to do this is because #14 wire is so much easier to work with under the screws of the motors than #10 3 and #12 3 gague wire.
If this is advisable, do I use 15 amp ground fault breakers on each circuit or
can I use the one single GF breaker (20 amp) which I now have on the main
pannel that serves the #10 3 wire????
Thanks for your help. I just want to keep everything safe and working properly.
Tom
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