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Originally Posted by HelmetHead View Post
How far is the breaker box from the garage? Why not run a dedicated new circuit?
Chances are that there's no room for another double pole breaker or that another 30A will exceed the overall load for the main. If not, I'd run a 50A. Welders like clean current and no voltage drop. A 30A using 10 ga. with the welder having the potential of drawing 25A (average) will not perform like a 50A circuit using 8 ga.

Or so I'm told.
Old 02-21-2011, 02:39 PM
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