Electrician Help

[blacknife]

imho I would rather have 2 15a cuircits, and split the load up.

not an electrician either, just a lineman..

[banditpowdercoat]

Originally Posted by blacknife

imho I would rather have 2 15a cuircits, and split the load up.

not an electrician either, just a lineman..

Just a lineman LOL, Ya 2 15A circuts would be better. Run a 4 wire, Or 3 wire loomex(3 wires and a ground) then you use a 240V breaker, and you have 2 120V circuts, as well as possible 240V f you ever get European stuff.

[PoonTang]

Originally Posted by blacknife

imho I would rather have 2 15a cuircits, and split the load up.

not an electrician either, just a lineman..

I am in the process right now of running dedicated circuits to my tank after my big crash last month. I am going to run 2 x 15a circuits.

[Eb0la11]

Hmmmmm, ok sounds like I definitely gotta tackle this problem. I think I could potentially install a new 20 Amp circuit dedicated to the tank and have an extra outlet thats part of a 15 Amp circuit for the room as well for maybe some of the smaller equipment to be on.

What would you guys expect the charge to be to install a new dedicated 20 Amp circuit off my board and also switch out two outlets from regular ones to GFCIs. This would be maybe a 20 ft run of wire in an unfinished basement, so nothing major.

Or could I cut costs by running everything myself and then just having the electrician do the connections?

[blacknife]

I bought a little book, "Alberta Electrical Code Simplified" at the hardware store when i first started fixing a few things in my last house. It has come in pretty handy to make sure I do things properly since i do not know the hundreds of pages in the electricians codebook.

I guess having an electrician check over your work before it was hooked up would be the same or better though.

[muck]

Originally Posted by Eb0la11

What would you guys expect the charge to be to install a new dedicated 20 Amp circuit off my board and also switch out two outlets from regular ones to GFCIs. This would be maybe a 20 ft run of wire in an unfinished basement, so nothing major.

Or could I cut costs by running everything myself and then just having the electrician do the connections?

I hear Kevin (KrazyKuch) works for donuts...
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Seriously though... Id ask him or "Lee's Man" for an estimate.