Gene :
I agree with your salesman, with the caveat that if you keep the #8, you
should not change the breaker back at the main panel, nor use a 50 amp
outlet. Change the plug on the buzz box to a 40 amp (and risk being called
a DPO if you ever sell it <g>).
Randall
>
> The input is 220 volts, 50 amps. The circuit to my home garage is 40
> amps using # 8 gauge wire that is in cable form, not conduit. When I
> went to the electrical supply store to buy a 50 amp receptacle and
> utility box the salesman said 50 amps input required a # 6 wire, but
> that if I didn't intend to use the max output of 225 amps (and I
> don't--I'd probably use between 75 to 120 amps output) I would probably
> be ok with leaving the #8 wire and not running anything else in the
> garage at the same time that draws a lot of current.
>
> Any thoughts on #8 vs #6 in this situation? I'd really like to avoid
> having to run another line out to the garage.
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