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[cfelton]

Excellent work Mike! Looks really good! I would definately insulate it before drywalling. I put in a 100 amp breaker in the 200 amp breaker panel in the house and ran cable to a 100 amp sub panel in my garage. Im feeding a 30 amp welder, lights, outlets and a large air compressor with no problems. I also mounted outlets in the ceiling for garage door openers and shop lights. Is it attached to your house? If so I would definately invest in door openers. Its really nice when its cold and raining to be able to drive right in and shut the door without getting wet!

[lumberslinger178]

That looks great mike keep up the good work,,, and definitly insulate ,,,,, it will keep it cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter even if you want to put a small space heater in there

ps I like that vinyl siding with the horizonal bead...

[msbhammer]

Thanks Lumber, yeah that beaded siding is nice. Kinda has a double lock, cuts down on siding blowing off. It;'s a pain to lock it in, but I know it wont ever blow off.

Cfelton: not sure what size box I have. I think the house might be only 100 amps ??
Future problem I might see is that the wifey wants a hot tub, in the future, and I believe that takes a 220 line. Might hav eto upgrade the whole wiring in the house.
Can I run a 220 line off a 100 amp line ??
I dont know crab about electric. I was thrown about 20 ft. some years ago when wiring up my dryer. : )

[msbhammer]

Breaker box. Tight on breaker space, hoping to get some piggy back breakers to open up some space..

[msbhammer]

You can barley see the line coming off the pole to the house, but once at the house, the power line is hidden behind the corner post and under the soffit.
Would hate to tear aa that siding down to upgrade the power to the house. Lefty might have to wait on the hot tub till HAMMER gets some more $$$$$

[WinniDave]

By quickly viewing your elec. panel, you have 220 already. The double breakers towards the top that say heat, those are 220. Are they still used? I see you have a single marked furnace, which is correct. Hate to break it to you and I'm no electrician, but you can install the hottub. Mine can be used as either 110 or 220V, currently using a dedicated 20 amp circuit. Costs about $40/ month in electric when in use.

Find a licensed electrician...

Dave C.

[Blue_Runner]

I was thrown about 20 ft. some years ago when wiring up my dryer. : )

A friend and co-worker of mine was killed when leaning over his dryer trying to unplug it. This was 15 years ago. He had been outside digging a ditch to run a drain from his washer, got a nice sweat worked up and when he went to uplug the dryer his finger touched a post. They found him slumped over the dryer with current still running through him. So sad.