I’m looking for some electrician advice/input on a home project. I just had a shed put in and want to run some electric but not sure what direction on a couple of things. I have a hot tub panel already nearby that has an open breaker slot I plan on using.
I want maybe 4 lights and 4 outlets, will run a forced air heater (2A draw) from time to time but not much else. I plan on running 12 ga on a 20A breaker underground from the box to the shed using rigid metal conduit (RMC). From what I’ve been able to deduce, it needs to be a min of 6” underground, I don’t want to dig any deeper than I have to, so I’d like to not go with PVC. This is in my backyard not going under kind of driveway or sidewalk. I’ll get the wire into the shed using an LB on the side of the building.
What do I use to join the conduit together? I don’t have any way to thread the conduit, is RMC typically already threaded? If not a threaded fitting, would I use a compression fitting? I’ll need to connect to the LB, how would I do that after I cut it without being able to thread it? Same I suppose for the breaker panel I’ll be using.
I don’t think this will be very hard to do, I just don’t know what a lot of these piece parts are called, what options I may have and what I can/can’t use underground.
Thanks.
I want maybe 4 lights and 4 outlets, will run a forced air heater (2A draw) from time to time but not much else. I plan on running 12 ga on a 20A breaker underground from the box to the shed using rigid metal conduit (RMC). From what I’ve been able to deduce, it needs to be a min of 6” underground, I don’t want to dig any deeper than I have to, so I’d like to not go with PVC. This is in my backyard not going under kind of driveway or sidewalk. I’ll get the wire into the shed using an LB on the side of the building.
What do I use to join the conduit together? I don’t have any way to thread the conduit, is RMC typically already threaded? If not a threaded fitting, would I use a compression fitting? I’ll need to connect to the LB, how would I do that after I cut it without being able to thread it? Same I suppose for the breaker panel I’ll be using.
I don’t think this will be very hard to do, I just don’t know what a lot of these piece parts are called, what options I may have and what I can/can’t use underground.
Thanks.