Leejosepho
DIY scratch-pad engineer
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The electrical codes are not items of uncertainty, belief or imagination ...
I understand, and I do not proceed until my own uncertainties and unknowns have been resolved.
Even if you are not yet required to pull a ground, pull a #8 anyway.
Grounding = good.
That makes sense to me, and I might just do that. Thank you.
I recently re pulled 3, 4's + ground into an existing 1" EMT and it was NOT easy. An inexperienced person couldn't have done it without damaging the wire. Wires cannot twist or kink at ALL or they take up too much space.
Run 1.25 or 1.5.
I have yet to put the wire and EMT side-by-side, but I will take a good look and do the computations before hanging anything. I only have to go about 20' before my first turn, then another 20' before turning again and then turning up to the subpanel, and I can put that last turn in place after-the-fact, if necessary. Also, this is not my first time pulling wire.
No, that stuff was #6, and I have #4.
I greatly appreciate everyone's help here, and I especially thank you, Jar546, for responding to this thread at all after others had either ignored or missed it entirely. I would have preferred to just ask simple questions and get straight answers -- Aluminum and plastic or copper and metal? -- but even antagonists can end up being helpful.
Peace.