Can You Use Polaris Bugs For Overhead Service Entrance Forum

Garrison Vaccom · Saturday, April 16, 2022

I got another quote today from an electrician, they said that the urban center requires all AFCI breakers and since I crave 29 of them at $fourscore each, plus they simply install panels they supply, and they won't utilize GE, only Cuttler Hammer.
They quoted the 200a panel at $i,579. They told me that they won't put in a 100a panel, just 200a regardless of what'south here now. The total gauge, not counting permits, inspections, or equipment was $22k.
That's not going to happen.
I exercise demand to become rid of the former FP console only I'thou not paying thousands to do it. Its a one level home with a basement and cranium, its only valued at $58k in all.

Nosotros're talking about 22ft of cable that they told me needs to be replaced, and the meter box is rusty looking so I run across no sense in just ownership another 100a box when a 200a is the same price. The cablevision is cheap, under $100, and the box is only $30. I take a brand new GE breaker console from Hard disk, it was $99 with 20 breakers and I bought another box of 15a breakers for $14.
The local electrical supply nor Hd or Lowes stock the AFCI breakers or panels, they say no ane uses them. I don't see how they tin force me to rewire a house for such equipment when there's actually no problem with what's here other than the insulation coming off the wire. Its not even a real safety issue, merely the neutral is showing.

They tell me the Service entrance here must be on the left side of the house, (or on the same side as all other homes on the run).
The bug with the pole were caused apparently back in 1985 when the business firm across the street added an attached two motorcar garage and they widened their driveway. When they widened the driveway information technology meant the pole had to be moved 77ft n of where it used to be to the other side of their driveway. It was moved in that management after the neighbour on the other side of that house refused to allow it to be relocated on their backyard, which would have meant they'd have 2 poles in forepart of their house about 65 ft apart. (If the pole had moved due south, it would aligned perfectly to come directly beyond to my firm, only instead they moved information technology the other way, meaning that the pole is now across from the far opposite side of this property. The pole in the other management is 21ft further away, and on a different transformer, and then that's non an option either. The driveway archway of the property across the road is nearly as wide every bit my whole lot hither. The way the wires run now, when I look out my kitchen window, I'm looking at the wires passing at a sharp bending across my backyard heading up and beyond the road. I have no idea why they're so low on my business firm either, I'd strongly prefer them to exist higher, near the peak of the roof non more than halfway down.

Looking at the picture, how would I give them something to attach to that won't let the wires lay on the roof?
Equally they are now, they keep getting ripped off every time a large rig comes downwardly the road hither. They're at 17ft on the pole and 12ft on the business firm. If I simply install a new insulator cake like what'due south upwardly there the wires from the road won't attain. Every bit information technology is, they barely go far now after being shortened then many times.

The meter box sits on the base capsule, which is tongue and groove planking covered in asphalt sheeting
The house was then sided with cedar shakes original, then in the 70's it was sided over with foam filled vinyl.
There's a clamper of oak 2x nether the meter box then its hidden around the sides by the cream panels and the vinyl siding. (The foam panels were shaped to fit over the onetime siding to both insulate and give a flat surface for the vinyl siding. Its the only insulation the house has on the walls. The meter is on the south side of the house, the wire runs up the wall to the roofline, and follows the roofline to the connections below.

There'due south no mode to run a piping up with a weather head unless its on the outer wall. I can't go straight up from the panel inside either considering of plumbing above in the kitchen. Both the sink drains and the main plumbing vents are in a higher place the console. (The kitchen is in the front of the house, the drains run around the unabridged one side of the business firm and half fashion across the front and rear),