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OK, thanks Ipgenie. Good to know, I'll remember that!

I'm seeing most if not all MHF is quadplex conductor where as URD triplex is plentiful at reasonable prices. Should this project be considered a 4 conductor install or would 3 conductor work?

I was completely wrong about the well pump breaker box configuration. Photo's attached. Any and all suggestions very much appreciated. Sam

Thanks Mike, your such a good little bomb dropper! That's the kind of realization I didn't want to hear. Not that it will change anything at this point, but I have some photos of the house power pole I would like to post. Would there be a way to run power to the shop from the existing breaker...

Guys, I can't thank you enough for all input. I think, but not certain (and this something I'd rather not face if true) is that anything coming from the pole to the shop would need a meter at the shop, anything coming from the house to the shop would not require an additional meter. The real...

Hi Mike, thanks for your input. When we purchased the home late in Sept. 2019 there was a lock on that breaker box! When the inspector showed up he said we can not have the lock on the box so we had to remove it. Its a funny thing ......... if I never knew the lock was installed, I wouldn't...

I do have 2 new breaker boxes collected over the past couple of years. One of which is an outdoor 200 amp box Murray LW200VRU, and the other is a square D 200 amp box HOM3040M200RBVP ......... note: there is an older breaker box mounted to the pole containing a single 30 amp breaker for the...

Hi Innovate1, thanks for the reply! Do you have another building nearby with power? Yes. This is a farm property setting with no animals, heavy electrical equipment or other farm related operations, just an old farmhouse in the country ..... with a 40' x 35' on location shop. From an...

I am a new member here. I am not an electrician! After researching and reading far too many posts concerning the matter of what can and cannot be done in the matter of running power lines to a detached shop. Starting from scratch on this project, my first concern is the necessity (OR) not, of...