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Originally Posted by 1QWIKBIRD
For example I have a 60 amp breaker in my main panel, from there I have 8AWG leads going 125' (mostly buried, all in electrical conduit) to the subpanel in my garage. The main breaker in the sub panel is only 50 amps, and then I have my circuits broken down from there, the idea being that if something went really wrong, the subpanel itself would trip before the buried run overheated enough to trip the breaker on the main panel. Probably overkill, but fire sucks.....
Do your homework.....
Chris
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I hope you mistyped some of that info. If you have 8 AWG running from your main panel then you should only have a 50 amp breaker there. Your wires are to small for a 60 amp breaker. 60 amp require a #6 wire.