Electrical – use 2 runs of 10/2 UBF for the Shed 90’ from House

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I want to run a window AC unit in Summer And an electric heater in winter. That for one 20Amp circuit. Other circuit for lighting and miscellaneous power tool operation. The 20A breakers square D Homeline type GFCI and CAFI with plug on neutral. Home Built in 85 with older Square D 100Amp panel. Do I need a sub panel and extra grounds being these are runs with ground back to house.

Best Answer

You can't run 2 separate circuits of the same type to an outbuilding.

If they are 120V circuits you could run the two as a multi-wire branch circuit, which counts as 1 circuit. You would need 10/3 cable for that.

Alternately, you could run a 10/3 or larger cable and feed that to a subpanel. That may be more of a production than you want to get into, because it'll mean selecting a subpanel with a main breaker*, as well as driving two grounding rods.

* Actually the purpose of the main breaker is to be a disconnect switch. You need one. Choosing a main-breaker panel is the cheapest way to obtain this. You don't care what the value on the main breaker is. It could be 200A for all you care lol.