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Posted by Iowna Uass on March 5, 2007, 1:39 pm
>>Hi,
>>
>>I'm changing my service from 100 to 200 amp and I have a few questions
>>regarding wire size.
>>
>>The service is overhead lines to the meter and then via 2 inch galv steel
>>conduit to the panel. The hydro company supplies the lines up to the mast
>>head and I'm responsible for the rest.
>>
>>The local codes state the minimum size of conductor to be RW # 2/0 with a
>>bare # 3 for neutral.
>>
>>I'm wondering if using RW # 3/0 is overkill? I'm not sure what size would
>>be
>>good for the neutral. Would bare # 3 still work?
>
> Yes to all. Why would you want to make the wire larger than the Code
> requires?
> Is it an unusually long run, where you need to be worried about voltage
> drop?
> If not, there's really no point in oversizing -- it justs costs more, and
> it's
> harder to work with.
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)
>
> It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.
Thanks Doug, I'm going to stick with the # 2/0 conductor size.
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