My New House & Workshop

[franklin2]

I ordered my wire because nobody had it in stock.

I ordered:

• 300-feet of 1 AWG Black Stranded AL USE-2 Cable. (This will be for (3) 100' sections. I couldn't order it as (3) separate cables unless I made (3) separate orders, so I'll have to cut it.)
• 100-feet of 8 AWG Green Stranded CU SIMpull THHN Wire (the copper was only $0.10 more a foot than the aluminum)

The wire came to $361 with tax which is about 1/4th of what it was going to cost if I went with all copper.

I also went and bought a 100 AMP 20-space breaker panel. I could have got by with a 12-space panel, but they don't have a main shutoff. The breaker panel with tax was around $114.

Not only did the old subpanel have some sketchy wiring, but it was also hooked to the meter with no main shutoff. So, you couldn't get in there and work on it without it being live. That must have been fun.

Don't forget to buy small rolls of white and red tape. The white will be important to not get the neutral mixed up with the other wires when you cut them. The red not so much, you can get the two hot wires mixed up and it won't matter. But since we are following code, they state they must be marked, so your hot wires will be black and red. You have the green already covered.

 

[Curious Hound]

Don't forget to buy small rolls of white and red tape. The white will be important to not get the neutral mixed up with the other wires when you cut them. The red not so much, you can get the two hot wires mixed up and it won't matter. But since we are following code, they state they must be marked, so your hot wires will be black and red. You have the green already covered.

You didn't mention anything about black phase marking tape.