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Can I connect a 100 amp sub panel to a main that is 275 feet away? [duplicate]
Can I connect a 100 amp sub panel to a 100 amp main that is 275 feet away? I am wanting to run electricity to an outbuilding. What size wire should be used? I will be burying the cable in plastic ...
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Can a fuse panel supporting knob-and-tube wiring be replaced without a new feed or updated circuits?
Home built before 1910. It is a 3-story structure with plaster walls and some BX, some cable and a lot of knob and tube. In the hallway on the second floor is a fuse panel for that floor and some of ...
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Can I convert 50 amp electric oven circuit to subpanel, and power oven plus water heater, plus maybe a car charger?
My gas water heater is very old, and I'd like to replace it with a heat pump electric water heater. The one I'm looking at is 19 amps, 240 volts. My breaker box is in a finished part of my basement, ...
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Unsure if licensed electrician correctly wired old Zinsco 100-amp panel to new Siemens 200-amp subpanel
Our 1,572 sq. ft., 1972-built home in San Diego has a 100-amp Zinsco panel. We just learned that Zinsco busses and circuits are a known fire hazard. We talked to 4 licensed electrical companies, had ...
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Can I temporarily power a 200A subpanel from a 100A feeder breaker? [duplicate]
Long story but I currently have a 200amp through-panel outside my temporary dwelling (lets call it the cabin) which feeds a 200amp panel inside the cabin (all of our circuits feed from the 200amp ...
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Sub Panel location changed from side to the front side of the house access issue from the attic
Advice and idea's please
The location of the subpanel has been moved from the side of the house to now the front. Coming out of the attic we would have to be in the Eave straight down. There is not ...
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50 AMP sub panel in new shed
I have built a new shed and would like to install a 50 amp sub panel for power to the building. I did not install conduit into the slab. I will need to come up the side of the slab and then enter ...
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Why isn’t my service (Main) panel space being utilized and everything is being fed to a sub panel?
Edit: As requested please see the attached photos.
@manassehkatz-Moving 2 Codidact Thank you for the reply. As you and a few repliers mentioned, I figured out how to upload some photos so hopefully ...
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PVC in wrong location need to transition from there to around the corner to subpanel [closed]
There was a 1" and 2 3/4 PVC ran to the wrong location they brought them up on the front corner of the house about a foot away from the edge .
The subpanel is located a foot and a half from the ...
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Cost optimization for wiring electrical subpanel in my garage?
I will be installing a 100A subpanel in a detached garage. 100A for an EV charger and shop tools, and future proofing for a potential laneway house conversion.
The garage is relatively close at just ...
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electrical conduit to panel connection question
I am in process of designing my solar system, but my questions are pure (IMO) electrical ones:
My PV panels are connected to microinverters which are connected to J-box. I am planning to connect the ...
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Low voltage relay to control well pump -- would like run unswitched power to subpanel in shed by well
Well is about 130 feet down hill through woods from basement with 200A panel, pressure tank, and 120v pump switch.
When they put in the well 17 years ago, I asked that they put in a cord so we could ...
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200 A Main Panel pass thru lugs to 200 A Subpanel
I currently have a 200 A main panel outside my cabin. Inside is the main 200 A shutoff and on the bottom of the bar are 2- pass thru lugs. The panel is a Square D Model# hom816m200ftrb Panel has 8 ...
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Can I jump 120V across legs to power both sides of a panel?
I have installed a new sub-panel in our barn. We do not need a lot of power so I only ran 8/2 copper. My intention was to make the sub-panel 120v only by using a jumper for the second hot lug. Now I’m ...
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Is a double 30 amp breaker powering three rooms bad?
I just a bought a house and discovered that a double 30 amp breaker is hooked up to three rooms with approximately 12-15 receptacles. Is this dangerous or am I good?
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I have been informed that ...
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