so i got aonther syncrowave 200 that i am going to wire up in the garage at my other house. right now the garage is wired to a braker inside the house that is also hooked uped to the 3rd floor bedroom. i want to unhook the garage from that braker and run straight power to the garage. then install a 8 switch fuse box inside the garage and set up different brakers for the welder, the air compressor, main power, other misc outlets. i was just at home depot talking to the guy and i realized how lost i was. he told me i would need dual post 30amp brakers for each item. so 4 dual post brakers will all 8 spots.

he was talking about the different types of wire, but wasent sure exactly what type i would need. if need be ill dig up the wire running from the house and replace it with larger wire.

just looking for some advice on what parts i should get to set this thing up

 

you will need a 60A breaker just to feed that sychrowave 200. you should grab a 2 pole 100A breaker. wire that to a new subpanel in the garage. then buy the 2 pole 60A breaker for the welder, the appropriate sized breaker for your compressor and then whatever else you need.

 

50 amp breaker will be fine, I'm no electrician but the guy that wired out place said the difference between a 50 amp setup and 60 amp setup was about 200 dollars more. Since the 60 amp setups requires a different type of plug inlet.

Thats what I was told, I been using a 50 amp with no issues.

 

To be honest, wiring something of this magnitude I'd definitely let an electrician handle even if you have an idea of what to do. Especially if the place burns down because of the wiring the electricians insurance will cover it. If you were just installing a single plug that'd be a different story.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RCautoworks &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">50 amp breaker will be fine, I'm no electrician but the guy that wired out place said the difference between a 50 amp setup and 60 amp setup was about 200 dollars more. Since the 60 amp setups requires a different type of plug inlet.

Thats what I was told, I been using a 50 amp with no issues. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Werd. The biggest price is the connectors....not the breakers. Just make sure if you go with the 50amp connectors/wire, don't get a 60amp breaker....get the 50amp.

 

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Werd. The biggest price is the connectors....not the breakers. Just make sure if you go with the 50amp connectors/wire, don't get a 60amp breaker....get the 50amp.</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

i use a 50 amp dryer plug on my syncrowave 200.

im an electrician.

 

my uncle is a master electrician, but he is "retired" so hes not going to do the job, but give me enough guidance. i am trying to not bug him so much, but make a list of what i need, let him look it over, then take it to his eletrical supplier and get it at a discount. if i go to him and just act like i know nothing he is not going to help me.

as far as the 50vs60 if there a big price difference ill go with the 50.

 

like i said, i would subfeed the garage with a 100A breaker then have a seperate 100A panel in the garage for your welder and other items.

 

Make sure your power cable is thick enough to support it. Before your whole line will melt and your house will go down with it.

 

If you don't already have one, get another good copper grounding rod and drive it into the ground just outside your garage adjacent from the panel. According to this website, if you have a continuous load of 5A (lights or small refrigerator always running) and a max noncontinuous load of 80A (air compressor running and high load on welder) you will need to run at least #2 conductor wire from the main house and you should run #8 from your 2 breakers to the outlets for the 220V air compressor and welder.

http://www.electrician2.com/ca....html

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by k24em2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">To be honest, wiring something of this magnitude I'd definitely let an electrician handle even if you have an idea of what to do. </TD></TR></TABLE>

I wouldn't. I hard wired my syncrowave 350 myself.
And damn, you have 2 syncrowave 200s? Big balla..

 

only got one, i sold the first one before igot to use it, lol.

thanks for the link

 

im also kind of wondering the cost and such to wire a sync200 up.


i got mine a while back and still havent had the time to look into getting it set up.