jk wrote:

keith bowers wrote:


Good points, thank you.
I found four 90' rolls of nice new 00 wire at the scrap yard for $25 each
last year. This gives me the optino of upping the current later if needed.
I will probably do 8" #2 stubs from the breaker to the 00 hots using half
nuts for the connections. If I need additional power later I can add a
second 200 Amp feed. Local electricians tell me the power company doesn't
encourage second meters; don't know why. As for welding that will be from
a tractor-mounted 28 Volt 300 Amp DC generator. Another conduit will have
the emergency generator feed from shop to house, so I will have a way to
light things up while working on the main feeds plus fiber optics. Aonther
will have water and air and phone lines. A fourth will have coax, CAT-5e,
and other control cables.

Now you are setting your self up for some lovely ground loops.

Also, you will want (and need) a transfer switch for your generator.
If you can iso late the neutral at the generator, and use the service
entrance ground to ground it, you only need a 3 pole. If you can not
isolate it at the generator, you need a 4 pole switch.




-----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =-----
http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World!
-----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =-----
Already taken care of. I don't care for fried lineman 8o((. Right now I have
a roll of 10-3/w gnd to string from the transfer switch across the yard to
the 5 KW generator in the garage. I haven't had to use it yet, so I hope
to have things properly buried before the next disaster.
--
Keith Bowers - Thomasville, NC