Recent content by anthonyjorgensen

Thank you all for your responses. I completely agree with you manwithtools, I should have gone with 2" conduit from the beginning. We do have the same 53% conduit fill requirement up here in Canada so I decided to go with #2 armoured cable instead, it was supposed to have an OD of just over an...

Thanks. The OD of the cable is 1.2". I'm just concerned about getting it through the 90 degree bend. I've never pulled a cable through a conduit before so I just want to make sure before I go and spend $300 on the cable.

When I poured the footings for the shop I'm building I ran 1.5" conduit up through the wall. Originally I was planning on running 4 AWG ACWU90 through it to the panel. I'm only able to run a 60A service based on the current panel loads that I have on the main in the house. Now, I'm thinking that...

Thanks for all your replies. I wasn't planning on tieing into the walls and based on the responses here I'm going to stick with that plan!

I'm building a 22 x 32 garage and I'm almost at the stage where I'm going to be pouring the slab. I've had a few people tell me that I should be putting dowels from the foundation wall to tie into the slab and some say that I shouldn't. Curious what other people have done. The slab is going to...