Recent content by longcreekridge

The house was built in 1913 (a bit south of Appommattox), but it's been through a few phases, and I'm not entirely certain when it got wired for electricity. All the older outlets lack a ground, which I hope to update soon. Thank you kindly for the offer. I completed the install last week and...

All good points, but I'm not going to get too hung up on unused power. There's an app called Solar Assistant that helps with the monitoring and crunching numbers. The shop is almost entirely woodworking oriented, so I don't weld much, only have a pancake compressor, and don't have AC (yet). I...

I can only produce about 50A or 12000w on the solar end. That could change of course, but I don't see myself spending money on additional capacity anytime soon. So since the plan was never to power everything in the house, I didn't really want to lock myself into an either/or situation. This...

Thank you. The top one? So, I would need to move all the grounds to the new ground bars and back out this screw to complete the unbonding, correct?

Yes, it's correct but doesn't really detail the transfer switch wiring. The Reliance transfer switches (my specific model is linked) are a little more complicated than the simple on-off-on knife switches. They're primarily designed for generator hookups, but solar folk have been using them to...

Unfortunately, I am not at the farmhouse right now. I tend to do my research at my main home, where there is much better internet. Will take pics in a few days, and hopefully can get feedback later, but I'm pretty certain there are no doubled up neutral connections in the house panel (or doubled...

Thank you so much for the reply, mm08822. I think I used "full size" incorrectly. I guess I really meant "sufficient". I excavated just enough of the original feeder run to determine that the only galvanized conduit is the run under the house. The rest of the service feed is under ground, with...

Hello. Main question is asked in my thread title. Here's some additional context (sorry to be long winded): I look after an old farmhouse collectively owned by my wife's family. The kind where the (200A) electrical service is on a power pole outside, with a panel and a main breaker/disconnect...