1/0 wire?

[Jae Williams]

Originally Posted by Scott Schultz

shouldn't the 1 and the / have a line through it to then? unless it wasn't a continuous scratch. odd though that that little part of the 0 got it to make it look like a C. It looked like 2/0 wire but after seeing this on the label I second guessed myself.

If you look real close at the wire in the picture, you can see an almost indiscernible scrape in the "O" of the 1/0. The scrape lines up with the scrape in the XHHW...

[Scott Schultz]

Another thought....does each wire have to be 2/0 or is 2 1/0 conductors sufficient for 200 amp breaker?

[Jae Williams]

Each leg must be 2/0.

[Scott Schultz]

that's what i thought....so basically, what we appear to have here is 2 1/0 wires connected to a 200 amp breaker. Service is rated for 100 amps due to the 1/0 wires and electrician to eval and repair.

[Dale Duffy]

Originally Posted by Scott Schultz

that's what i thought....so basically, what we appear to have here is 2 1/0 wires connected to a 200 amp breaker. Service is rated for 100 amps due to the 1/0 wires and electrician to eval and repair.

That is surely the biggest 1/0 wire I ever seen....!!!!!

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[Scott Schultz]

dale, this is what is so confusing....visually appears to be 2/0 but states 1/0 on the wire. gotta go with what's printed and, hey, if it is 2/0, the electrician will point that out but that means he's gotta take a look and then the ball is in his court to decide....i've done my job

[Dale Duffy]

Originally Posted by Scott Schultz

dale, this is what is so confusing....visually appears to be 2/0 but states 1/0 on the wire. gotta go with what's printed and, hey, if it is 2/0, the electrician will point that out but that means he's gotta take a look and then the ball is in his court to decide....i've done my job

I think the electrician is going to send you a wire gauge with the bill Scott......

[Scott Schultz]

dale, you are obviously convinced that it's 2/0 but how do you dispute the 1/0 printed right on the insulation?

[Dale Duffy]

Originally Posted by Scott Schultz

dale, you are obviously convinced that it's 2/0 but how do you dispute the 1/0 printed right on the insulation?

Looks like 1/C to me Scott, but I wasn't there.....

Maybe the manufacturer labeled 1/C as...single conductor and the 2/0 is not visible???

But I'm surely not an electrician either, ....but!....that looks twice the size of 1/0....from the picture anyway.....

[Speedy Petey]

Originally Posted by dduffy

That is surely the biggest 1/0 wire I ever seen....!!!!!

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How can you tell?
With nothing relative in the picture, what are you comparing it to?

If I wanted to I could take a photo of a #12 (and nothing else) and scrape off the wording and make it look like 4/0.

[Dale Duffy]

Originally Posted by Speedy Petey

If I wanted to I could take a photo of a #12 (and nothing else) and scrape off the wording and make it look like 4/0.

Hi Pete......

I bet I could tell it wasn't a 4/0........ .......I bet you could too..!

If his picture of the wire is not enhanced, it just looks much bigger than a 1/0 to me....but.......I wasn't there.....just guessing here as you know......