need to add 30a RV service
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08-27-12, 03:14 PM
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need to add 30a RV service
I have the opposite situation as another poster. 
I can't get an electrician out and need to install a 30 amp plug before the Labor Day weekend.
I have a multi meter, so I know to check for voltages AFTER I turn the main breaker off at the service pole and then the secondary main breaker off at the area I want to wire. I'm pretty comfortable doing the job, just need a little guidance after that.
Here are a couple of pics. The sides of the breaker say Murray, iirc.
I'll cut the main power off here:
Need to add the outlet on the post this secondary box is mounted on.
Side view into secondary box:
I can't get an electrician out and need to install a 30 amp plug before the Labor Day weekend.
I have a multi meter, so I know to check for voltages AFTER I turn the main breaker off at the service pole and then the secondary main breaker off at the area I want to wire. I'm pretty comfortable doing the job, just need a little guidance after that.
Here are a couple of pics. The sides of the breaker say Murray, iirc.
I'll cut the main power off here:
Need to add the outlet on the post this secondary box is mounted on.
Side view into secondary box:
#4
08-27-12, 05:18 PM
At the same time you should fix your code violations. The second panel is a subpanel fed from the first panel if I understand this correctly and you appear to be grounding the neutral conductor in the subpanel. In addition, both panels appear to have feed-thru lugs. The 200 amp protected lugs in the subpanel have what appears to be #6 conductors in them. What are those #6 wires feeding and is it a big deal if they burn in two? Also, what's up with the water pipe at the lower right of the main panel? One last thing, when using phasing tape to mark conductors, you use white for neutral and not green.
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08-27-12, 06:04 PM
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We need the service at the sub. I think whomever did the work ran out of conduit and used white pvc. Unfortunately, all the work was done before we purchased the property a few months ago.
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08-28-12, 09:42 PM
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I'm hitting the store in the morning and see what I can figure out.
For chuckles, here's some of the work in the cabin. Hoping to get everything sorted out and corrected once we go over the septic bids.
For chuckles, here's some of the work in the cabin. Hoping to get everything sorted out and corrected once we go over the septic bids.
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08-29-12, 08:43 AM
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We need service for a septic system (the main hold up for now), tool shed, front gate, and two more cabins. Once we get that sorted, we hope to come up with a master plan and if needed, complete redesign.
In the mean time, we'll keep the kids away from the cabin and boxes
In the mean time, we'll keep the kids away from the cabin and boxes
The septic systems I'm familiar with are gravity-fed.
#10
08-29-12, 09:22 AM
Not any more the government now requires lots of fancy doodads that cost big bucks and use electricity. Not like the old days of a just a tank and leach field. You now have the residential version of a sewer plant.
#11
08-29-12, 09:47 AM
Not like the old days of a just a tank and leach field. You now have the residential version of a sewer plant.
My son ("our" middle son) had to upgrade his more modern one at his old house at some point. Had a pump with it, IIRC, but I didn't realize that was a required system. What I understood at the time was that the PO had gone that route so he could have 3 or 4 tanks in series with little or no leach field 'cause the property couldn't pass a perc test.
