I dont have any heartburn with two wires (6/3 UF and 12/3) from a home panelboard out to a shop but I would have the concerns below:::
...... If its underground Id wanna replace the 12/3 Romex with 12/3 UF Cable.
..... If youre installing new PVC anyway its not much more expensive to install bigger diameter to make future wire pulling or upgrades easy.
..... Is there any disconenct means out at the shop??
..... Each building requires an earth grounding system ya know
Okay, you didnt ask this and may NOT wanna hear it or care buttttttttttttttt FWIW heres how I would do it if I wanted to power up a shop and feed it from the house panel
Id run a 120/240 volt Single Phase 3 Wire 100 amp service out there fed from a 240 volt 2 pole 100 amp circuit breaker in the main panel. IFFFFFFF your main panel will accept a breaker that big!!!!! If not you may have to run a 60 amp service or utilize other tap methods subject to the main panels incoming wiring. I would bury PVC conduit (unless under driveway) and use UF cable (if you use a 4 conductor single cable) enclosed or THWN if individual conductors, from home to shop with rigid conduit risers as/where needed if the conduit comes up out of the ground.
You would need to run 4 wires out,,,,2 Hots (L1 & L2),,,,,,,,,1 Neutral,,,,,,,1 Equipment Grounding Conductor AND OUT AT THE SHOP PANEL KEEP NEUTRAL AND EQUIPMENT GROUND BUSSES SEPERATE AND ISOLATED I.E. NOT a single common buss with Neutrals and Grounds BOTH connected to it.
If a concrete floor shop Id use GFCI outlets.
Sorry if you wanted a simple answer, as an old retired electrical distribution engineer I just gotta lay it all out there, ITS YOUR HOME AND YOUR CHOICE HOWEVER
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