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Which brings up another point: most of the sub panels I'm looking at can't handle 1/0 wire..... #2 copper should fit better. I'm thinking this is gonna cost a grip o' cash tho.

God I love the electric codes. Lots of rules, yet no one can agree on what makes sense. You get **** like "Subsection 6 paragraph 5, line 5 of the 315 NEC code for 2008", unless your local township says otherwise. 75 amps? Every calculator I used said 90-100. I was OK with going up to...

Also a good point. That just means that the main breaker will trip if you pull more that 80, but that's pretty unlikely. I'm only 1 man, so that chances that I could run more than 2 pieces of equip simultaneously pulling more than the 80 (or 90) are slim. Good call.

Yeah, this is what I was afraid of... I think I'm going to do a cost comparison for the upsized #1 wire. Wire has gotten ridiculously expensive. If I can get the bigger wire for < $100 more, I'll do that. Plan B is that I use the 100a breaker, and wait to see if the local inspector *******...

I have a newer house with 200a main service, but the garage wiring *****. I've got 2 outlets, 2 lights, and plugs for the garage door openers, but that's it. Its a 3 car 22 x 30 garage. I'm going to run a 100a sub panel to fix the problem and allow my to have a few dedicated 20a plugs, juice...