Going Electric - almost there... Options

[dc2002]

Man...going electric is a lot of work...I think I'm about 1/3 of the way there or so...

Today I bought a 50A spa panel with a GFCI and installed it in the garage. I made room in my existing main panel and yanked the 50A GFCI breaker out of the spa panel and put it in the main panel. Then I ran some 6/3 into the garage to where I mounted the spa panel. Now I have 4 breaker locations to distribute from the spa panel that will be GFCI protected.

I plan to use one 30A 2 pole breaker for the element and 2 15A breakers to add a couple more outlets in my garage.

My control panel will plug into a 30A 240V outlet ran from the spa box...just trying to figure out how to run the wires behind walls and ceilings to minimize the conduit.

For the panel I will use an Auber PID with auto/manual setting, an SSR, a DPST switch for the 240V circuit to be able to kill all power to the element if necessary, and hopefully a 110V duplex outlet for the pump, radio, etc...still trying to figure the easiest way to have 110 in the control box...

Attached is a schematic of the panel thus far...still have to actually get an enclosure... (IMG:http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a125/kdcj2002/brew/brewbox.jpg)

Thanks to all the knowledgeable people on this board and especially Paul Muth(P-J)...There will be a pictoral to come...

[stangbat]

So is your 20A SPST switch going to cut power to the PID and the 120v outlet? I don't think you want to do that.

I put a switch on the hot line to my PID so I can cut its power independently. You can probably also run it off straight 240 (most you can) and have it switched by your 30A DPST, or you can give it its own DPST. I bought some cheap small DPST rocker switches on eBay. I think it cost me $5 for 10 of them. I used both poles for a couple of things, and only one pole on some others.

This post has been edited by stangbat: Mar 6 2008, 03:34 PM