wcp0611
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Long story short, we had an addition built that extended the gable end of our house out 18'. Due to this, the electrical service coming from the street which was on that wall has to be moved from there to the new wall that is the gable end of our house 18' away from the original. I had the electric company advise me on moving that service and it was decided that this is a good time to go from 200 amp to 400 (360) amp service as its free, I just have to cover the cost of the materials up to the weatherhead and they'd run new wiring to my house from the pole. I bought the 400 amp meter base and 2 200 amp main disconnect to feed off of it. Got my #4 ground wire and two eight foot grounding rods to drive in so that part is good. The county codes which has to pass me before the electric company will turn off service and run new, is requiring I use 750 mcm wiring from the weatherhead to the base for the leads and 350 mcm for the common. I got that along with my riser, weatherhead kit, and the conduit between the base and the to mains panels. At this point, I need to run the wire from one of the mains into the wall behind it and up the inside that wall to the attic space and run it over 20 feet and junction/splice it with the original wire that goes to the main sub in my house. That's a 100 amp panel.
Long story, but I wanted to give the overall picture of what I'm doing. I have a few questions on this project.
1. Does the wire that goes from the 100 amp breaker in my main disconnect that needs to run into the wall behind it need to be in conduit in the wall as it runs to the attic space above? Does it require any special framing or safeguards to that wall before we sheetrock it or can it run as-is, without conduit or anything inside the wall as it runs to the attic? What specific wire type should I be using?
2. Does it require conduit in the attic run?
3. Given the original wire I'm splicing is #2, I am just going to use #2, but can I just install a junction box in my attic and splice the two? If so, how would I splice them in the box? Like, what actual product do I use to make the inspector happy?
Long story, but I wanted to give the overall picture of what I'm doing. I have a few questions on this project.
1. Does the wire that goes from the 100 amp breaker in my main disconnect that needs to run into the wall behind it need to be in conduit in the wall as it runs to the attic space above? Does it require any special framing or safeguards to that wall before we sheetrock it or can it run as-is, without conduit or anything inside the wall as it runs to the attic? What specific wire type should I be using?
2. Does it require conduit in the attic run?
3. Given the original wire I'm splicing is #2, I am just going to use #2, but can I just install a junction box in my attic and splice the two? If so, how would I splice them in the box? Like, what actual product do I use to make the inspector happy?