I do mostly industrial work so I need some help on this one.A friend of mine asked me to upgrade his existing residential service to 200 amp.The existing service is an old 60a up and down meter loop with a fused disconnect on a pole with 3 insulated individual #6 copper conductos swung overhead approx. 60' to the house where it then made up and travels inside with 3wire se cable to a 60a fuse panel with no spare circuits.He is eventually going to be installing new heat and air and electric dryer along with some other electrical items.My intention was to install a 200 amp rt panel on the outside wall of the house and refeed the indoor panel with a 2p 60a breaker and use the spare poles in the new outside panel for the new equipment which I can access from the crawl space under the house. I have built a 200 amp combo meter/main pole service and once the power company hangs it on the pole I had intended on bringing a second riser up the pole and swinging a triplex over head to feed the new panel.(up and down meter loops are no longer acceptable). My concern is that I may need a 4 wire installation from the meter/main to the new panel instead of a 3 wire but there are no other metallic paths that I know of between the house and the pole so why couldn't I use the 3 wire overhead? thanks!
Pole mounted service
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