summerofgeorge
Well-Known Member
I used to brew in my garage and had 50A breaker --> 50A outlet --> 50A GFCI (spa panel) --> control panel (there was a decent distance between the 50A outlet and my brewing area). I'm moving my setup to my basement and I'm trying to figure out the best way to wire the GFCI. Currently, there's a sub-panel in the basement with a 50A breaker for the brewery. The wiring from the sub-panel goes about 35 feet to my brewing area (right now there's no outlet, just terminates in a junction box). The junction box is on the wall right behind where I would be brewing. If I used the same setup as the garage but now the 50A outlet is in the direct brewing area (ie. the splash zone), would this be a problem since that outlet isn't GFCI protected? Similarly, could I hard-wire the spa panel in this location, given that I installed an outlet into the side of it? Not sure if this would be up to code if it was permanently installed. I could also just put a 50A GFCI breaker in the sub-panel as long as the distance isn't an issue.
So to summarize, here are the options I'm thinking about:
1 - 50A outlet in brewing area to plug spa panel into (same as garage)
2 - directly wire spa panel in brewing area
3 - replace 50A breaker in sub-panel with 50A GFCI breaker (this might be the cleanest approach but also most expensive since I already have the other stuff)
So to summarize, here are the options I'm thinking about:
1 - 50A outlet in brewing area to plug spa panel into (same as garage)
2 - directly wire spa panel in brewing area
3 - replace 50A breaker in sub-panel with 50A GFCI breaker (this might be the cleanest approach but also most expensive since I already have the other stuff)