Desert property. Edison just upgraded us to 200 amp service. New 200 amp service panel and sub panel installed and permits signed off. There is a manufactured home and a garage on the property.

We want to run electrical service to three RVs on the property. The run will be 175 feet to to first trailer. The other two are within 40 feet of the first. The RV's are all set up with 110v 30 amp plugs.

I have found some surplus cable and was wondering if it will work. It is 270' of 4/0 triplex direct burial (sweetbriar) service cable. They want $400 for it. I was told it was a good deal. my plan is to do all the labor and have an electrician do the final hook up.

Will this cable work and is the price decent?

Brian (sorry for the long post)

At less than 50 cents a foot, that's an incredible price.

It sounds to me like he needs to use the big cable to feed a subpanel in a weatherproof enclosure near the RV's, with the 30A breakers in that subpanel, and branch out from there.