a service i'm not too particularly proud of

[brantmacga]

i snapped these one night last week.

it was getting down in the low 20's, and a bunch of the other subs wouldn't come to work without the heat on.

this is a remodel so the heat pump and wiring were already installed. the service had been removed to replace the siding.

contractor put in a rush job to get the heat on for those crybabies. what would they have done if this were a new construction in the rough phase?

anyway, i ended up there until almost 9PM trying to get this service built for the POCO to reconnect the next day. the transfer switch came off the customers existing house; i sold it to them just a few months ago, and they wanted to bring it over to the new place.


it meets code, but it just looks fugly to me. i couldn't find a feed-thru panel with main lugs only that day, so i ended up w/ a disconnect feeding a 200A transfer switch, feeding another panel w/ a main breaker, which was feeding an interior panel w/ a main breaker (original service was SEU; no disco outside).

 

[ptonsparky]

You're right it does look ugly. Nice post hole diggers, we have to use a jackhammer for dirt work at the moment.

 

[360Youth]

I bet it was fun working around the temp pole. Hard to tell from the pics but it looks decent enough to me.

 

[bamawildcat]

If it is on the back of the house, the homeowner won't care.

 

[Rewire]

i would have put a slip fitting on the underground conduit going to the meter base

 

[big vic]

The POCOs around here would not let you mount the meterbase that low

 

[charlietuna]

Is this what we refer to as "MOONLIGHTING":grin:

 

[220/221]

The POCOs around here would not let you mount the meterbase that low

I think it's sweet! I could sit on a milk crate and make it up

4' to 6'3" here.

 

[brantmacga]

its on the side of the house; its low because the HO is going to have a fence going around that side and we wanted it to be somewhat hidden.


there is no slip fitting because that conduit is just a stub in the dirt. that particular poco runs URD to the meter base.

it still pains me to look at the pics though.

 

[bjp_ne_elec]

the transfer switch came off the customers existing house; i sold it to them just a few months ago, and they wanted to bring it over to the new place.

Who's transfer switch is that (manufacturer)?

i couldn't find a feed-thru panel with main lugs only that day, so i ended up w/ a disconnect feeding a 200A transfer switch, feeding another panel w/ a main breaker, which was feeding an interior panel w/ a main breaker (original service was SEU; no disco outside).

So in the pic, that's a WP panel to the left of the transfer switch? Then there is another panel inside? Why is that?

 

[Sonny Boy]

Do I have to buy a ticket to view the pictures?

 

[bjp_ne_elec]

Do I have to buy a ticket to view the pictures?

Pics are up there.

 

[brantmacga]

Who's transfer switch is that (manufacturer)?

Generac

So in the pic, that's a WP panel to the left of the transfer switch? Then there is another panel inside? Why is that?

that's a QOM2; 200A disconnect. the transfer switch is not service entrance rated, so I had to put a disconnect ahead of it. there is a panel to the right of it w/ a disconnect because i couldn't get an outdoor 200A MLO panel. to be honest i'm not even sure if square D makes such a panel, but if they did, i couldn't come up with it within a day.

 

[bjp_ne_elec]

there is a panel to the right of it w/ a disconnect because i couldn't get an outdoor 200A MLO panel. to be honest i'm not even sure if square D makes such a panel, but if they did, i couldn't come up with it within a day.

Yeah my other left - doh. I should have said to the right of the transfer switch.

Thanks