I need 300 ft. of service entrance cable and I've been told I need 4 guage 3 wire 200 amp aluminum is what I need but I'm wondering if this 1 guage overhead line would work just as well if buried in 2electrical pvc conduit for 300 ft.
Listen to JimW - and NEVER cut corners when it comes to electrical work. Make sure you call Dig Safe before anyone digs a trench.
as long as it is water tight and deep enough Im sure it would
Sorry wrong type of cable. The overhead is type SE with a certain insulation type. A 300 foot run will have an appreciable line loss from resistance and hysteresis and when inspected will cause hysterics from the inspector. Hire a qualified professional electrical contractor to do the work properly the first time, faster and easier and possibly the same price as you having to do it and to make repairs later. Also the work of digging a trench that deep is not easy, the contractor has the skills and the equipment and the personnel to do it the first time. This allows you a 2 day time frame instead of 2 weeks. Also pulling the wrong cable that distance is not easy and should be done with the proper power puller. Also #4 Al is not rated for 200 amps.
This query has been asked alot of times. Easily since there is no voltage change along the fowl. We could say the cable has 10000V. At one claw(contact) it's 10000V and at the other leg (the other contact) is 10000V. In view that there is not any voltage change, a current will not drift to kill the chicken. Its similar to two related containers of water with both of equal water degree. Water is not going to waft from one container. Except the chook touches one other object of one-of-a-kind voltage lets' say the ground with 0V. 10000V is doing work by way of pushing a current through the hen inflicting a current and potentially killing the chicken. Hope this helps.
When you say 4 gauge it is unclear whether you mean #4 (rated for 80 amps) or 4/0 AWG which is rated for 200 amps. Also, I've not seen a 1 gauge overhead line. Now then, that being said, if the cable you have is a triplex in that it is three conductors braided together, then I assure you, it would be a nightmare to wrestle that 300 feet in a pipe. Secondly, your voltage loss could be great enough that you would want to probably up the wire size to 250 MCM cable which would require a larger pipe. As an answer, the plan that you currently have is going to cause you more problems than it's worth. If I can be of further help, feel free to contact me personally.
