In article om, "AustinScoobee" wrote:
On second look with my glasses on! its :
"essex 4-4-4 type se XHHW CDRS 600volt"
Then this marking repeats. What if not a sub panel was this for?

Type SE = Service Entrance

SE cable is used to connect the power company's lines to the meter base, and
the meter base to the service entrance panel (main panel). Four conductors are
not necessary at that point, because the fourth wire originates at the main
panel, not at the utility transformer. A feed from the main panel to a
subpanel needs four conductors.

That said... you might *have* four conductors -- three insulated conductors
with a wire mesh sheath wrapped around them.

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It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.