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[LLSolutions]

Thanks Bob and George you both just ruined my side job tonight, now I have to put all that 138kv gear back in my minivan and go to home depot On a more serious note I've always mentioned this to customers if applicable, when you can get a utility to take control of anything go for it let them have the maintenance expenses, cheaper in the long run, I'm only dealing with 13.2kv pad transformers in my case but I would definitely let an engineer do the numbers for you. Good Luck and get some pics up when they break ground.

 

[djohns6]

The OP asked about backfeeding a xfmr with 4160 and getting 138KV so he could run it on poles. In my head, I was imagining the OP out there with 10 laborers haphazardly stringing some THWN conductors on some wood poles and energizing that sucker!

I want to see the video !

 

[boboelectric]

This would be an engineering co-op with the power provider and the end user.