I have a elderly lady with limited money who has a major issue. She has exposed wires throughout her garage and ask me to repair it. It has the old fabric wiring connected directly to the 6 gauge wires with no ground. From there goes up to a 4 inch junction box and then spider webs out to all the lights outlets end garage door opener. I would like to rip all that out and start over. My plan is to run conduit throughout the garage then wire it all in to a 2 breaker sub panel. My question is is there a way I can split the 6 gauge wire to two smaller gauge wires to feed the subpanel and can I put in a ground rod grounded and code. I need to split it because each breaker has its own leg any suggestions? note replacing the underground wire is not an option for her.
Old house with only one 6 gauge positive and one 6 gauge ground going to garage
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Forum rules don't allow us to offer wiring advice to non-electricians. I understand there is a cost burden to hiring an electrician that is not affordable to everyone, but the liability risk for the owner of this forum is too great.
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