200 amp disconnect switch?

softdown
softdown Solar Expert Posts: 3,925 ✭✭✭✭
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I need to install a disconnect switch to achieve new service on home I just bought. They require 200 amp service which involved 2 1/2” conduit. 

Is about $500 really the best I’m going to do? Electrical supply houses are just insanely expensive. They charged $250 for 10’ of 2 1/2” conduit. 


First Bank:16 180 watt Grape Solar with  FM80 controller and 3648 Inverter....Fullriver 8D AGM solar batteries. Second Bank/MacGyver Special: 10 165(?) watt BP Solar with Renogy MPPT 40A controller/ and Xantrex C-35 PWM controller/ and Morningstar PWM controller...Cotek 24V PSW inverter....forklift and diesel locomotive batteries
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  • SumPower
    SumPower Registered Users Posts: 69 ✭✭
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    Don't know where you are located, but the NEC does not require 2 1/2" Galvanized Rigid Conduit (GRC) for a 200 Amp Service.
    Unless it is required by the utility serving the home. I would use 2" GRC that has a current price of $89.00 at the big box store in Escondido, California.

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  • softdown
    softdown Solar Expert Posts: 3,925 ✭✭✭✭
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    Utility requirement and already done. 
    First Bank:16 180 watt Grape Solar with  FM80 controller and 3648 Inverter....Fullriver 8D AGM solar batteries. Second Bank/MacGyver Special: 10 165(?) watt BP Solar with Renogy MPPT 40A controller/ and Xantrex C-35 PWM controller/ and Morningstar PWM controller...Cotek 24V PSW inverter....forklift and diesel locomotive batteries
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