Recent content by jarvis60

I did not have much luck with the link you posted. Not sure if the link is broken or needs updating.

Thank you for your comment. That is very encouraging Vernon29RW.

Thank you for that. I was definitely getting all caught up with the price differential between copper and aluminum. Moving forward with copper.

Yeah.. I saw the southwire conduit calculator, but honestly I did not trust I was doing it correctly or I was missing something since the number that I got back was like 27.72% fill using parameters like (Conduit: PVC Sch 40, Conduit Size: 1 1/4, Wire Type: Aluminum XHHW, Size: 2 STR, No. of...

Thank you for the clarification. I believe and someone correct me if I am wrong, but using XHHW-2 even if I switched the ground to an #8 cu would probably be hard to pull the wires.

Thank you both for your comments. Much appreciated. As for the aluminum cable, my understanding is that you are referring to something like this found at wireandcableyourway (2-2-2-4-****-underground-secondary-distribution-cable) . However, given the size of the pvc pipe, it would not fit...

Hello everyone, Looking to confirm/adjust my minimum wiring configuration for a subpanel (100 amp). The subpanel will be located in a detached garage and the wires will travel from the main to the subpanel via a pvc conduit (1 1/4) underground. The total distance is 40 feet or less. Beside...