in ground electric code question?
More specifically, I would like to hook up 1 light/fan combo (with a switch), and 3 or 4 outlets. It will be approximately 100-120 foot run from my breakers to my junction box in the area I am wiring.
I could use advice for the following, as I can not find my code book:
1. How many sets of wire should I run? What kind of wire/sheilding?
2. What guage wire, and what size breakers should I use?(will the long run need a larger breaker and guage wire than usual?)
3. How deep should I dig for the wire runs?
4. Am I correct in thinking that I can run flex from the breaker box (and junction box) into the ground, and then the sheilded wire can run without it in the ground?
Answers:
IF you want a 20A circuit with that long a run, I would use 10 Gauge wire, ... 10/3 with Ground. Purchase wire for direct burial, bury about 30" deep and you are fine. Good luck.
Other answers:
Read the NEC (National Electrical Code) manual. Also check with local gas, cable, etc. before you dig.
Read the NEC (National Electrical Code) manual. Also check with local gas, cable, etc. before you dig.
You would have to use UF rated wire.I suggest you run conduit (pvc/buried is cheap) then run thhn through it.The 1 thing I have learned is if you think you will need only 2 outlets,within a year you will wish you had run enough wire for 6.