jksu
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yup, we were unlucky.
main panel is all the way on the other side of the house away from our detached garage.
they had to run thick conduit under the entire house, dig a trench under the walkway to get into the garage... put in a sub panel in the back of the garage. we wanted two 14-50 plugs...a 50amp inside and 40amp outside. they routed most of the conduit up through the garage attic to make it look less messy. 2 outlets because thinking future needs when we have 2 electric cars, or for visitors.
close to $3000 here in los angeles, using up the full $1000 fed tax credit on this job. debated just living with 120v but caught the wife in a generous mood and liked the idea of just getting things done right and future proof the house
main panel is all the way on the other side of the house away from our detached garage.
they had to run thick conduit under the entire house, dig a trench under the walkway to get into the garage... put in a sub panel in the back of the garage. we wanted two 14-50 plugs...a 50amp inside and 40amp outside. they routed most of the conduit up through the garage attic to make it look less messy. 2 outlets because thinking future needs when we have 2 electric cars, or for visitors.
close to $3000 here in los angeles, using up the full $1000 fed tax credit on this job. debated just living with 120v but caught the wife in a generous mood and liked the idea of just getting things done right and future proof the house
You were lucky. Most people don't have two separate 120V circuits (opposite phases) totally unused in their garage. Most people only have one 120V circuit in their garage, and it's often being used (the whole point of having outlets in the garage).
Actually many do have a 2nd circuit -- for the garage door opener. But they usually want to keep that in use for the garage door opener.
Some people have their main panel in the garage. That's fairly inexpensive to run a 240 circuit from a few feet away. But most aren't that fortunate. Running it from a panel on the outside of the house is usually in the $500-$1000 range. Mine was about $900.
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