upgrading service and running 100 amp to detached garage

4183 Views 4 Replies 4 Participants Last post by J. V., Jun 21, 2009

Tradesman14

Discussion Starter · Jun 20, 2009

I have a detached garage from my house that is 100 feet away i have no electric out there. I was wanting to know if i could upgrade the service from my house from 100 amp to 200 amp and run 100 amp to the garage with 2 2 4 URD. Only thing is i want to put a seperate kinda meter on the garage to see how much KWH im using. anything would help thanks

Save

1 - 5 of 5 Posts

kbsparky

· #2 · Jun 20, 2009

You will need to utilize 4 conductor URD when sub-feeding that garage. If you want to sub-meter it, that is fine; you can locate that assembly out in the garage.

Save

Tradesman14

Discussion Starter · #3 · Jun 20, 2009

g

ok but i already have a 2 2 4 urd buried from when i wanted to start on this last year but any suggestions on wat kinda sub meter to put in

Save

Speedy Petey

· #4 · Jun 20, 2009

The 2-2-4 may be OK to use depending a few factors.
The main one being what code cycle is your area under?

Save

J. V.

· #5 · Jun 21, 2009

Speedy Petey said:
The 2-2-4 may be OK to use depending a few factors.
The main one being what code cycle is your area under?

And, if you can use the 3 wire feeder, you will connect the wires exactly like the main panel that feeds it. Including the ground rod.
If you use this 3 wire feeder you cannot have any other metallic paths to the structure. Phone lines, water lines etc.... will be off limits to the detached structure.

Save

1 - 5 of 5 Posts

This is an older thread, you may not receive a response, and could be reviving an old thread. Please consider creating a new thread.

Top Contributors this Month