Jerome Shepard
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What size conductors are required to feed a load center with a 200a main breaker from a 200a main disconnect, all within 75 feet
200a service feeding 200a load center
- Thread starter Jerome Shepard
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How about giving us your answer first.
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- New Jersey
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- Journeyman Electrician
Is it a dwelling unit? Calculated load?
Strombea
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- Prescott, Arizona, USA
Hahaha no easy answers!! Simple chart should do the trick
copper:
3/0 for everything except residential service feeders to entire home you can use 2/0.
copper:
3/0 for everything except residential service feeders to entire home you can use 2/0.
kwired
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Majority of time you will need 3/0 copper or 4/0 aluminum. But there are many possible conditions that may require adjusting the results and you give us no details to tell if we may need to make such adjustments.
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