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I am installing a 320 amp service on my new house in Lewis County, Washington and am a little confused as far as how to split the service.

I have my meter base set on a rack 200ft from the house because that is as far as PUD would go without adding a transformer. I have 3" schedule 40 coming from the meter base to the house with 500kcmil/500kcmil/350kcmil in it right now.

My questions:

1. Am I required to have my 2/200amp disconnects installed at the meter base?
2. If so then do I need to run new conductors to the house or is there a way to split the service at the house instead?
3. If so then what do I use to do so and to downsize to something that the lugs on my disconnects and panels will accept?
4. Edit...Ok so i guess i need to clarify my situation a bit for you guys so that i can ensure getting proper and complete answers which so far you have been excellent about giving. This is a house that i am have been building for my family and doing so 100% by myself (ok i sub contracted the gutters) as far as the equipment purchased so far it was on a recommendation from the engineer at the power company that was fairly vague as far as what the situation required (regarding the meter base and disconnects and the 400+ feet of 3" schedule 40 that i had to install from the nearest available transformer to where pud was willing to put the meter and then to my house from there) and then some brief information from the inspector when i called him out to approve backfilling the trench regarding the choice of wire. Obviously needed to be asking more and different questions when he was here but live and learn. So anyhow this is actually a 320amp service(residential 400 i am told) that is necessary due to an on demand water heater for my radiant heat that requires 100amps itself (3/40 amp breakers) so what i have is as follows a Eaton cooper b line meter base catalog no 324n and 2 eaton Eccvh200r disconnects as well as 2 standard 200amp house panels

I am installing a 320 amp service on my new house in Lewis County, Washington and am a little confused as far as how to split the service.

I have my meter base set on a rack 200ft from the house because that is as far as PUD would go without adding a transformer. I have 3" schedule 40 coming from the meter base to the house with 500kcmil/500kcmil/350kcmil in it right now.

My questions:

1. Am I required to have my 2/200amp disconnects installed at the meter base?
2. If so then do I need to run new conductors to the house or is there a way to split the service at the house instead?
3. If so then what do I use to do so and to downsize to something that the lugs on my disconnects and panels will accept?

Edit... I need to clarify my situation so that I can ensure getting proper and complete answers which so far you have been excellent about giving. This is a house that I have been building for my family, 100% by myself (ok I sub contracted the gutters).

As far as the equipment purchased so far, it was on a recommendation from the engineer at the power company that was fairly vague (regarding the meter base and disconnects and the 400+ feet of 3" schedule 40 that I had to install from the nearest available transformer to where pud was willing to put the meter and then to my house from there)... And then some brief information from the inspector when I called him out to approve backfilling the trench regarding the choice of wire.

Obviously needed to be asking more and different questions when he was here but live and learn. So anyhow this is actually a 320amp service (residential 400 I am told) that is necessary due to an on demand water heater for my radiant heat that requires 100amps itself (3/40 amp breakers). So what I have is as follows:

a Eaton cooper b line meter base catalog no 324n and 2 eaton Eccvh200r disconnects as well as 2 standard 200amp house panels.

I am installing a 320 amp service on my new house in Lewis County, Washington and am a little confused as far as how to split the service.

I have my meter base set on a rack 200ft from the house because that is as far as PUD would go without adding a transformer. I have 3" schedule 40 coming from the meter base to the house with 500kcmil/500kcmil/350kcmil in it right now.

My questions:

1. Am I required to have my 2/200amp disconnects installed at the meter base?
2. If so then do I need to run new conductors to the house or is there a way to split the service at the house instead?
3. If so then what do I use to do so and to downsize to something that the lugs on my disconnects and panels will accept?

I am installing a 320 amp service on my new house in Lewis County, Washington and am a little confused as far as how to split the service.

I have my meter base set on a rack 200ft from the house because that is as far as PUD would go without adding a transformer. I have 3" schedule 40 coming from the meter base to the house with 500kcmil/500kcmil/350kcmil in it right now.

My questions:

1. Am I required to have my 2/200amp disconnects installed at the meter base?
2. If so then do I need to run new conductors to the house or is there a way to split the service at the house instead?
3. If so then what do I use to do so and to downsize to something that the lugs on my disconnects and panels will accept?
4. Edit...Ok so i guess i need to clarify my situation a bit for you guys so that i can ensure getting proper and complete answers which so far you have been excellent about giving. This is a house that i am have been building for my family and doing so 100% by myself (ok i sub contracted the gutters) as far as the equipment purchased so far it was on a recommendation from the engineer at the power company that was fairly vague as far as what the situation required (regarding the meter base and disconnects and the 400+ feet of 3" schedule 40 that i had to install from the nearest available transformer to where pud was willing to put the meter and then to my house from there) and then some brief information from the inspector when i called him out to approve backfilling the trench regarding the choice of wire. Obviously needed to be asking more and different questions when he was here but live and learn. So anyhow this is actually a 320amp service(residential 400 i am told) that is necessary due to an on demand water heater for my radiant heat that requires 100amps itself (3/40 amp breakers) so what i have is as follows a Eaton cooper b line meter base catalog no 324n and 2 eaton Eccvh200r disconnects as well as 2 standard 200amp house panels

I am installing a 320 amp service on my new house in lewis county Washington and am a little confused as far as how to split the service. As is i have my meter base set on a rack 200ft from the house because that is as far as PUD would go without adding a transformer. I have 3" schedule 40 coming from the meter base to the house with 500kcmil/500kcmil/350kcmil in it right now. So my question is am I required to have my 2/200amp disconects installed at the meter base and if so then do i need to run new conductors to the house or is there a way to split the service at the house instead? If so then what do i use to do so and to downsize to something that the lugs on my disconnects and panels will accept?

I am installing a 320 amp service on my new house in Lewis County, Washington and am a little confused as far as how to split the service.

I have my meter base set on a rack 200ft from the house because that is as far as PUD would go without adding a transformer. I have 3" schedule 40 coming from the meter base to the house with 500kcmil/500kcmil/350kcmil in it right now.

My questions:

1. Am I required to have my 2/200amp disconnects installed at the meter base?
2. If so then do I need to run new conductors to the house or is there a way to split the service at the house instead?
3. If so then what do I use to do so and to downsize to something that the lugs on my disconnects and panels will accept?