ok, i have done alot of wiring both in homes and marine but this is a new one for me. i am putting up a workshop behind my house. i want to just run the panelin the shop as a subpanel off the main panel in the house. here is the problem. i need minimum 100 - 125 amp service in the shop, i need to burry the wire and the run from panel to panel is 480ft. not exactly what kind of wire i need to be using for this. the elec. co was going to do underground to my house last year when it was built. thats a 200 amp service in the house and they use some type of direct burial cable. not to sure how to approch this situation. any recommendations on how, wire type, etc.
480' huh.
I had a customer erect a garage 400' away from his home and the utility let us put a meter on it.
They usually don't like one customer with two meters, but they thought the distance warranted a variance.
yes i could have the elec co. come in and continue the electric back there but i live in this strange area of new jersey where the govt. made a law that requires all utility companies to rape you. underground service to my house would have been around 12g's to run 550'. overhead was 7.
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