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| I've got a conduit used for a 50A hot tub circuit. The conduit runs along the outside of the house to a small subpanel with a GFCI, then connects to the tub.
At some point I want to rewire my garage. I'm wondering if there's room in the conduit to run a 60A circuit to the garage. I would use the existing conduit up to the hot tub subpanel, then run a new conduit out the other side of the sub to the garage. Just guessing, but the conduit is maybe 1-inch. Anyone have an opinion on whether there's enough room? Thanks. |
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- Posted by ronnatalie (My Page) on Wed, Feb 3, 10 at 13:18
| Well it depends on how many wires and what size and what the conduit is made out of. There are three problems. 1. For THWN @50 amp they probably used #8 wires, you can technically fit 9 in there, but On the other hand, unless you need it for protection of physical damage, you may not even need conduit. It's required for the pool/spa, but you can possibly get away with suitably sized cable. |
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| That's what I figured. Probably going to need a whole new conduit. OK, thanks. |
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