J_Doerr
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I love this site, there is tons of good information on here that has helped more than you know. I’ve got a unique situation though that’s hard to search for and find information on.
I bought some property and built a 30x40 shop on it first, the house will come later, but is getting closer by the minute. As of now I have the shop wired and I am awaiting final inspection, coming 3 weeks from now. I have a 400-amp meter base installed on the shop that is feeding the 200-amp service in the shop and eventually a 200-amp service in the future house.
The distance from the shop to the future house is over 100 feet, so I don’t think the contractors that will be building the house will want to string that many extension cords that long of a distance. I need to run “temporary/permanent” power closer to the house build site. Most searches on “temporary power” involve a temporary meter, but that is not the case for me.
My assumption is to purchase enough 4/0, 4/0, 2/0 URD cable to complete the “final” run between the meter on the shop and the future house but only bury it ~ 80 - 90% of the way and terminate it to an outdoor breaker box on a post with outlets on it for “temporary power” during construction.
Question 1: What breaker box is going to accept 4/0 cables? My answer: The expensive ones with a main breaker. Yuk!
Question 2: Can I use Polaris taps or dual rated splicers (Home Depot #526838) to reduce the 4/0 aluminum feeder cable from the meter on the shop to 6 awg and feed a "load" side breaker on a less expensive breaker box like a HOM1224L125PRB and use that to disrupt temporary power during construction?
I’ve got over 30 years of experience of industrial electrical, lots of experience with "after breaker panel" in residential electrical, but little experience with what happens on the up-stream side of the breaker panel. I’m out of my element and am looking forward to some of that great advice that I have seen on this forum. I might be a newbie, but I’m not a googan. Let me know what you think. No mercy, give it to me!
I bought some property and built a 30x40 shop on it first, the house will come later, but is getting closer by the minute. As of now I have the shop wired and I am awaiting final inspection, coming 3 weeks from now. I have a 400-amp meter base installed on the shop that is feeding the 200-amp service in the shop and eventually a 200-amp service in the future house.
The distance from the shop to the future house is over 100 feet, so I don’t think the contractors that will be building the house will want to string that many extension cords that long of a distance. I need to run “temporary/permanent” power closer to the house build site. Most searches on “temporary power” involve a temporary meter, but that is not the case for me.
My assumption is to purchase enough 4/0, 4/0, 2/0 URD cable to complete the “final” run between the meter on the shop and the future house but only bury it ~ 80 - 90% of the way and terminate it to an outdoor breaker box on a post with outlets on it for “temporary power” during construction.
Question 1: What breaker box is going to accept 4/0 cables? My answer: The expensive ones with a main breaker. Yuk!
Question 2: Can I use Polaris taps or dual rated splicers (Home Depot #526838) to reduce the 4/0 aluminum feeder cable from the meter on the shop to 6 awg and feed a "load" side breaker on a less expensive breaker box like a HOM1224L125PRB and use that to disrupt temporary power during construction?
I’ve got over 30 years of experience of industrial electrical, lots of experience with "after breaker panel" in residential electrical, but little experience with what happens on the up-stream side of the breaker panel. I’m out of my element and am looking forward to some of that great advice that I have seen on this forum. I might be a newbie, but I’m not a googan. Let me know what you think. No mercy, give it to me!
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