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So romex up top to junction boxes and THHN down to each outlet will be my plan.

Agree, which is why i am planning anything below 8 feet in conduit. You can argue romex stapled near the back of a pole as protected but I would rather it be in conduit.

Hello, Finishing out the electrical in my 23 x 28 pole building. My plan is to run Romex in EMT down the pole and on the walls. I would transition back to just plain romex above the top of the wall. I figured this would save me $ in EMT, Lots of Bends, still provide protection down low...

Thanks all, planning to run the NMB down the inside of the poles to keep them " protected" if inspector wants conduit I suppose it won't be to difficult to add it after the fact where needed.

Sooooo... Is Romex down the side of the poles without conduit acceptable? I see many unfinished garages without conduit. I understand they must be run vertical to top of walls for protection. And height above floor?

Thank you all for the help, After considering everyone's feedback here I am going to bite the bullet now and just run a new 100 AMP service out to the garage in PVC. more work on money now but having the extra power in the future will probably be beneficial for a faster EV charger when needed...

Am I allowed up to 5% on a feeder to subpanel? 40 amps @ 240 175 feet is 4.1% on 6 gauge aluminum I have to utilize the existing 6 gauge SER running across the house to save cost of trenching around entire house and getting to the panel at interior wall.

#2 for only 50amps? I was going to run metal so I only need bury 8 inches. Save alot of digging Well if 40 amps is all I can squeeze out of it do u all think that will be enough for a 3 car garage? I'm not a welder or anything. Biggest load would be 32 amp EV charger.

Existing cable is about 60 feet up through attic and too far side of house. Previous home owner was using this to back feed the panel during power outage with a suicide cord. I repurposed and have been using it to power a EV charger with 40 amp breaker. I cant get a great look at the jacket as...

Yes trenching the feeder to garage for sub panel. Just want to make sure i don't overload the existing SER cable running through the attic to that side of the house.

So 6 ga aluminum XHHW2 4 conductors black, white, green, and bare aluminum? Or one black with red stripe?

Plan was to to run additional 6666 aluminum SER in 1 inch RMC to the garage sub panel on a 50 amp breaker. https://nassaunationalcable.com/products/6-6-6-6-aluminum-ser-cable

4 wires 3 insulated and one bare aluminum it's 6666 aluminum SER with a grey PVC jacket.

Hello, built a detached 900 square foot garage recently and am just looking to power it up on a budget. I have an existing generator backfeed on the far end of the house that I would like to repurpose to run a sub panel in detached garage. This will save me the cost of getting power through my...