Michael123
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I need some information on service entrance upgrade from 60A to 200A.
Correct me where I am wrong. I am going to upgrade from the pole to the Service entrance panel, and also all the wiring in the house. My Question only refers to the service portion and not the branch circuits. First, from the pole to the meter, I will be using two #2/0 copper (hot) conductors and one #2/0 copper (neutral) conductor or one size smaller neutral conductor.
First question: Is this the right size cable for 200 Amps from pole to meter socket? And who provides this cable and installs it?
The same type cable will go from the meter socket to the Service entrance panel inside the house.
Second question: Is this the correct cable?
Third question: Grounding. Can I add another ground rod to the system even though it is already grounded to a cold water pipe? (This is an old house). I would feel safer if there was an additional ground. But someone mentioned that there was a danger in doing this because of something called stepped voltage. Don't know what this is, but what is the danger in doing this?
Last question: Can the neutral conductor from the meter socket and the grounding conductor from the earth ground be bonded on the same neutral/grounding bus in the Service entrance panel even though it has two neutral/grounding buses? What's the difference since they are both bonded together? And do I need to connect all bare copper wires to one neutral/grounding bus and all white neutral wires to the other neutral/grounding bus, or can they be mixed on either bus?
Correct me where I am wrong. I am going to upgrade from the pole to the Service entrance panel, and also all the wiring in the house. My Question only refers to the service portion and not the branch circuits. First, from the pole to the meter, I will be using two #2/0 copper (hot) conductors and one #2/0 copper (neutral) conductor or one size smaller neutral conductor.
First question: Is this the right size cable for 200 Amps from pole to meter socket? And who provides this cable and installs it?
The same type cable will go from the meter socket to the Service entrance panel inside the house.
Second question: Is this the correct cable?
Third question: Grounding. Can I add another ground rod to the system even though it is already grounded to a cold water pipe? (This is an old house). I would feel safer if there was an additional ground. But someone mentioned that there was a danger in doing this because of something called stepped voltage. Don't know what this is, but what is the danger in doing this?
Last question: Can the neutral conductor from the meter socket and the grounding conductor from the earth ground be bonded on the same neutral/grounding bus in the Service entrance panel even though it has two neutral/grounding buses? What's the difference since they are both bonded together? And do I need to connect all bare copper wires to one neutral/grounding bus and all white neutral wires to the other neutral/grounding bus, or can they be mixed on either bus?
