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Here's a synopsis of what I did: I had some nagging questions and wanted to be safe and within code, I bought the 2008 version of the Ugly's Electrical Reference from HD (very informative), used the tables and formulas to find that 1/0 would give me a voltage drop of 3% or less (barely), and...

Hope this helps: I have three rows of six on one 20 amp breaker; Last night I measured the amp draw of all 18 at the same time and it fluctuated between 9.2 and 9.3 amps - a quick check of a single row of six by itself measured 3.1 amps. In case you're wondering, I don't have anything else in...

Thank you all for the informative posts above. I still had some nagging questions and wanted to be safe and within code, so here's what I did - I bought the 2008 version of the Ugly's Electrical Reference from HD (very informative), used the tables and formulas to find that 1/0 would give me a...

Thanks! Good to know on my part. csned1

Okay, I'll check into it. Thanks

Thanks for the great input! OK, no SER (THWN is what I want), better to buy a bit longer than I think I need in order not to come up short, possibly need to upsize depending on the load and voltage drop. I think I figured I would be using no more than 60 amps max at any one time and at 60 amps...

INFO: I need to run two hots, a neutral, and a ground 257' from the pole to my new shop through buried 2" schedule 40 PVC conduit buried 5'. Obviously I have to add 5' of wire on each end due to burial depth, and probably another 7' on each end to terminate in the boxes for a grand total of...