Service To Mobile Home

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It appears this mobile home park provides service (subpanel) to 20 other mobile homes at 40 amps each.

One of the trailer owners wanted a circuit run to the shed. Instead of powering off the outside circuit (which is what he wanted), I came out of the subpanel located in an adjacent electrical room.

The problem is the service having one #8 hot, and a neutral. As a temp solution, I just landed a two wire circuit to the mobile home main breaker creating two wires per terminal. This is eccentially a single phase circuit.

I just want a quick solution to this predicament, and have it be considered safe and functional, thanks.
 
Basically, I don't want to land two circuits to the same breaker.

Also, this subpanel has one phase protected by a 40 amp breaker going to the house.

Is it ok to get a two pole breaker with one phase coming in. I'm trying to create a "shed" circuit, and provide protection separate from the house.
 
I think this is a DIY. He doesn't understand the term "single phase". I think he has One 40 amp 110 volt circuit run to the trailer.
 
Wow...

Wow...

I'm with Cavie .. if he knew anything at all, he surely wouldn't have 2 wires under the same lug ... DIYer ... m
 
Ok, let's make this simpler...

Essentially, this mobile home has a two wire 120 volt service. A subpanel is already established in the mobile home from the meter.

The owner wants power to the "shed". I wonder how I can bring power to the shed from the metered panel. I put the shed circuit under the same lug as the mobile home circuit. What else can I do?
 
Metered panel?. Does this mean the mobile panel is unmetered??? Two different meters??? If so, who is gonna pay for the electricity for the shed.??

Enquireing minds do not understand.
 
My question would first be what is this SHED circuits ampacity ???? Same as the mobile home being fed with #8 ??? If so you could make a joint in the panel but it seems to me this is a botch job like trying to feed a standard receptacle/light circuit and overfusing it.
 
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