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yea, when I started this thread I was looking forward to hearing from you HayZee and do appreciate your help. I don't visit this or any other forums that much since I finished the house but I still remember the names of those that helped me then. I'm not an electrician by any means and don't pretend to be so I always go for help with wiring questions, this time I just jumped the gun a little. I pulled the 6-3 from the panel way back when I built the house in case I ever wanted to use an electric range so I had that much already. With the price of CU wire these days, especially #6, I decided to go with AL instead. I'll have to say I feel much more at ease with this new connection than my first attempt thanks to you and speedy. I think now I'll go a little further with this to get your opinion on the rest of my work if you don't mind. I only pulled 3 Al wires to the shed panel and then drove a ground rod and grounded the panel. I'll need 46 Amps to feed my demands in this building(actually going to be a outdoor kitchen) which will be: A one bulb light fixture (1A) a microwave(12A), a blender (8A), a 6 gallon 120v water heater(13A), a gas range(3A) and a window 120v ac unit(9A)=46 total. I plan to use a 50A breaker in the main panel and feed 2 hots. I've had many outbuildings wired this way, without the bonding ground wire, but if need be I could use the red feed( by proving current in the panel with a tester one wire at the time, since the AL is not color coded) as a insulated ground right?, since I only need 46A's anyway, and just feed one side of the shed panel, right? I don't think our local code requires the bonding yet, but if so I could do it that way?
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