"gorehound" wrote in message
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What type of wire should I use to make a 50 foot over head run from the
house to the garage? This will be a 50A 240V circuit from the main house
panel. Right now we have separate service from the electric company to the
garage with a separate meter (1 meter for the house 1 for the garage). The
electric company now wants to charge a 30 dollar per month service charge
for the garage. We can't afford that. To go below ground would we would
have to deal with a 4 foot across driveway and a gas line, that's why we
want to go overhead. Do we need 4 conductor wire that being 2 hots a
neutral and a ground? What about 3 conductor (2 hots and a neutral) and a
ground rod at garage panel? Do we need to enclose the wire in a pipe to
run up the house then leave it open till it reaches the garage then more
pipe down to the garage entrance?


I think you'd be better off going underground. You can bang a pipe under the
driveway. To go overhead, you'll need to run a conduit or ser cable from the
panel in the house up the side of the house to a service head. You'll need 4
conductor messenger cable to go from the house to the garage. Three
insulated and one bare. Then you need more conduit or SER cable at the
garage, from the second service head to it's panel, and you do need ground
rods