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Posted by RBM on February 6, 2007, 5:42 pm
Just to add to what Doug has already said: While the service conductors that
you own, must meet NEC standards, it's common for utility company owned
conductors to be much smaller, so it's not unusual to see thing like 1/0
aluminum connected to a 400 amp residential service
> There is a workshop, an office and an old house, three separate buildings
> setting in a somewhat triangular orientation to each other. All three get
> their electricity from a single pole with a 100 amp box.
>
> We're building a new house right beside the old one. (the old one will be
> torn down)
>
> What I want to do is use the existing line (underground) from the 100 amp
> box to the old house and connect it to a 200 amp box for the new house.
> Can I do this without having to run a new line? I looked at the incoming
> line from the electric company pole. It said AWG 4 but it looked very
> small. The line going from the box to the old house is multi wire aluminum
> (about 160 feet) but I can't read anything to tell what it is. It is about
> the size of a penny, circumference wise. Also, can I keep the 100 amp box
> to supply the workshop and office and have a new 200 amp in the new house?
>
> Thanks for your time.
>
>
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> J.C.
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