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my AHJ requires RMC for the elbow/sweep and everything up through the metal LB. nothing in the code says this, but they require it. I had to cut out my PVC elbows and replace with Rigid.

long story short, I need to have a splice in my 1/1/1/6 feeder to the detached garage. I'm planning to do this in a Nema3R box mounted on the house, and the feeder would then go into the house to the main panel. 1) I assume code allows splices in feeders? 2) There appears to be different ways...

yes. all wiring is in metal conduit. through the whole house. metal pipes everywhere. to every switch, every recepticle, every light, every fan, etc. everything. the entire Chicago area and suburbs is this way. it ensures you have to hire an electrician to do basic wiring.

cook county, IL. chicago suburbs. EMT required for all interior wiring.

my motto in life is go big or go home. also I already put 2" conduit in the ground and the cost difference to go #1 was negligible via local supply house. the run is 130ft. AHJ requires copper for this. #1 allows me to use 125A panel which is all that Menards had in stock at the time, etc etc. I...

my AHJ is ignoring me, so hoping you all can help me. need to install two 5/8" ground rods 6ft apart at my detached garage. the feeder is 1/1/1/6 copper. for the feeder my AHJ requires RMC for the burried elbow and up to the metal LB. and then EMT once inside. it can be PVC before the elbow if...

I am running 1ga copper to a detached garage through 2" conduit. I am also planning a whole house generator hookup via an ATS. The evolved plan is to run 3/0 copper from the existing meter to the ATS mounted on adjacent chimney. Then come out the ATS with 3/0 cu to a 200A outdoor main breaker...

couldn't he just run 2 separate 12/2 UF-B wires to the shed, one for each 15A wall circuit, and skip the subpanel? MHF seems like overkill.

so one electrician I talked to told me I couldn't use a 24kw generator for the whole house because I have 200A service and the generator can only supply 100A, so I'd need to add a 3rd "emergency" panel in the house and switch over emergency circuits to it. I knew this wasn't true, but it got me...

lol no trick question. just trying to understand how the loads add up in relation to the rated service. I have a 100A subpanel in the house and was measuring 31A and 44A on that one and I was wondering if that meant at 75A it was nearing its capacity (no, it is not). Oddly, the 200A "main panel"...

this is likely a stupid question but I'm going to ask it anyway. with everything on simultaneously in my house I measure 44A on one hot leg and 59A on the other. I did not measure the neutral but I assume it is the difference bewteen the 2. how many amps am I drawing from the 200A 240V service?

so after a year of pondering this I am finally now getting ready to start (plus the village is on my case for not having it done yet)... I'm planning to do what brewchief suggested and add an outdoor main breaker with feed through rather than change the meter base. Last year I did not...

the siding is LP smartside, but I'm planning to use the 5/4" LP trim to make mounting blocks for the fixtures. so i'll have about 1" of trim before the plywood sheathing. I should be able to fit a pancake box in there then. good suggestions, all.

I want to install exterior lights on either side of the overhead garage door but there's a bank of about 6 studs in the way. moving the light to the next open cavity is not desireable. how do you deal with this? is there a type of light that doesn't need a box in the wall? just drill a hole to...

so rather than pull the 125ft of cable through the buried conduit I was thinking of setting the cable in the trench and then sliding the conduit sections over it one by one and gluing them as I go. is there any reason this wouldn't work?? seems like it would be much easier than trying to pull...

brewchief would the interlock be installed on the meter base? or in the house main panel? I don't have any open spaces on the main panel.

to my knowledge the current meter has no disconnect. yes, I will have to move the ground to the new external meter. The existing subpanel is grounded via the metal conduit I believe (we are in Illinois). see attached pic of subpanel. the panels are Square D QO. can all this be done? would like...

you guys helped me figure out the feeder wire specs, so wanted to ask about the rest of the hardware to hookup my detached garage. the house gets 200A service from underground 4/0 AL to a 200A meter and 200A main panel. There's a 100A subpanel hanging off the main panel. both panels are full...

thanks all for the help! here's what I'm going to order. 1-1-1-6 . its the same price as doing a #2 neutral if I buy a 500ft spool of #1 (they don't have #3). I'll get green #6 ECG. you guys approve?

ahh. well that makes sense. not sure I would've ever found that one in the NEC.... do you know if all 4 wires can be plain black? or do I have to get striped or colored wires for neutral and ECG?