![]() ![]() ![]() #100 amp breaker plus#I can buy two 125ft rolls of UF direct bury 10-2 romex for $80ea and run little 60/70 amp load centers ($15-20 and I think I have one) in the cabin/shop, plus have my light. Most also allow feed through for downstream load centers. Outdoor boxes aren't much more than indoor these days. $130 plus probably the same for breakers. Just had to narrow down(refine) the # of spaces/circuits. I could almost get away with putting two 50 amp breakers in the sub panel of the meter/main box and run one of each to the cabin and shop but when/if we get a clothes drier, that would kind of eat up that 50 amps, technically. It's a tiny shop and tiny cabin so I don't need 200 amp going to either. The cost of running 4/0 alum to the shop is $1500 which is why I'm wanting to split it at this pole. Doesn't have to come off of this other "service splitting" box. The meter/main box has a sub panel that accepts 4 single or 2 double breakers, up to 100 amp, so I can run a separate circuit to the pole for the light. Then I can put small indoor load centers in the cabin and shop. (a square-D model # would be awesome) All I'm seeing on lowes is load centers that take 20+ breakers but all I need is two 80-100 amp breakers to split the service and 2/0 - 4/0 lugs for incoming and then the breakers would naturally be smaller ga. Is there even a box that will do this sort of thing and if so, what would it be called. I was thinking about using the pole to put my own light on and running that 4/0 to that pole and from that pole run 100 amp service to the cabin and another to the shop. I also have a telephone pole lying around here. The elec co wants $7.50/mth for a dawn to dusk light but I'd rather have one I can turn on/off. A friend of mine had 50 ft of 4/0 x 2 plus ground leftover from when he had service put in. The engineering guy told me it would be best for me to run 200 amps power to the shop and then put a 100 amp breaker in the shop to run to the cabin. The meter/main box will be provided and goes on the pole. Opted for the 200 amp service and I have a shop and a cabin to run electric to. We're finally getting electrical service. ![]()
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