Electric main feed line

So I need 4 wires from the meter/main to my box. He initially told me just the three wires, 4/4/2. It wouldnt be so bad if the ditch wasnt all ready partially covered.

Sorry but you have to bond all your grounds together. Sucks he did that to you.

I just got off the phone with an electrician and she confirmed what you said. She agrees that was pretty %*/!"ed up in her terminology that he forgot to mention it. Thanks for the info and help.

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Originally Posted by encorehunter

I just got off the phone with an electrician and she confirmed what you said. She agrees that was pretty %*/!"ed up in her terminology that he forgot to mention it. Thanks for the info and help.

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FYI I am a master electrician as well.

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Originally Posted by encorehunter

I guess thats where I got confused. I knew 6 ga is bigger than 4 ga, I thought when I got into the aughts, it went the other way. 0 being the smallest and 0000 being the largest.

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If you are talking shotguns, the bigger the gauge number, the smaller the bore dia. The same is true with wire gauges. Telephone wire is 22 AWG, and the smaller the number, the larger the wire dia. Then you get into the aught sizing which reverses the AWG sizing, 1/0 is smaller than 2/0and so on. Then you get into MCM sizing on wire, and you don't want to go there.....

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Originally Posted by Sparky

FYI I am a master electrician as well.

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Thanks again. I was trying to buy the wire over the phone and had to explain to her what I was using it for. That is when she made her comments. I'm going to diconnect the whole thing tomorrow, attach a rope to the main line and pull everything out. I will then attempt to push and pull both the main and ground back through. It is 3" conduit.

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Originally Posted by encorehunter

Thanks again. I was trying to buy the wire over the phone and had to explain to her what I was using it for. That is when she made her comments. I'm going to diconnect the whole thing tomorrow, attach a rope to the main line and pull everything out. I will then attempt to push and pull both the main and ground back through. It is 3" conduit.

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Not saying it will work, but try putting a fish tape in first if you want.

I dont have a fish tape. It is roughly 115 feet. I may call the electrician again and see if they have on I can borrow. There aren't a lot of plàces to pick up electrical supplies around here.

I too misread the ought

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Originally Posted by encorehunter

I dont have a fish tape. It is roughly 115 feet. I may call the electrician again and see if they have on I can borrow. There aren't a lot of plàces to pick up electrical supplies around here.

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Go buy a 250 ft. X 1/4" fish tape it will be worth it in labor and back aches trying to pull out and then re-pull the feed back in.
If the fish tape stops, you can see-saw the wire back & forth while pushing on the tape to get it through.

but if you decide to just pull out the feed and re-pull it back in with the ground, pick up a couple gallons of wire lube & lube the wire as it goes back in the conduit, it will ease the pulling effort.