I've finally gotten around to putting up the garage
door opener. It's been sitting in my living room for
way too long! (Don't ask!)
I need a 110 volt line run for power. Here are the
choices for splicing power in the garage. There is
a fused 30amp 220V AC box which runs from the main
house panel. Looking in the main house panel, the
two (fused) hot wires to the 220V AC box run
from either side of the circuit in the main panel.
There is no neutral wire, so it looks like the
conduit is being used as the ground (or is that
neutral?) The only device connected to this 220V
box is the clothes dryer. Close by, there is a 110V
box, with three outlets, built into the wall. One
of the outlets is a higher amperage 110v AC for the
washing machine. A little further away is the light
switch which leads to the main shop light. The shop
light is right where the door opener is going to be
mounted. I've already installed a surface mount
outlet box with a short junction from the light
assembly, but haven't run the actual wire yet. I
want to run conduit/wire instead of exposed Romex.
I figure the *easiest* way is to run a hot wire from
one side of the 220AC box, (which is a suface mount
box, not built into the wall) up to the new outlet
by the door opener, but what about the neutral?
Do I just use the conduit for this?
Is there an easier way?
What am I overlooking or doing wrong?
What about a 30 amp cct breaker or GFI in case I
decide to use the overheard outlet for something
else?
Brian
battmain@juno.com
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