This can't be right?

[Denray]

200 amp panel with these service entrance cables reduced in size to fit the lugs. How should this have been done?

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[pete moss]

what is the rating of the main breaker?

[ghentjr]

Are the SEC's Aluminum and the short connection wires THHN? Where is the main disconnect? Where is Doug Hansen?

[Denray]

200 amp main.

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[Jim Katen]

Those are Polaris connectors. They're listed for use with aluminum and copper. If the copper pigtails are 2/0, it's fine.

It looks like they were trying to switch to copper so that they could use a smaller wire to bend around into the lugs.

Those larger wires look huge, how big were they?

[Denray]

These are photos from November. I'm sure I didn't measure them and or did not see any I.D. on them at the time. I was just cruising through my photos and thought what the heck. I take like 140+ photos per home. You gonna make me go to my report and see what I put? Looking at it right now I'm like, "What the heck is that". OK, I went to my report and only mentioned the wires being bundled and an electrical contractor should evaluate. I missed this deal till now. Pray for me. But what's up with that?

[ghentjr]

I did notice on closer inspection of the picture that the left aluminum wire was marked with white tape but the copper wire marked with white tape was connected to the center wire.

[Greg Booth]

I did notice on closer inspection of the picture that the left aluminum wire was marked with white tape but the copper wire marked with white tape was connected to the center wire.

hmmmm.......good question?