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13 Nov ’14
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Does a building need to meet specific requirements to be able to bring electric to it?
Will the power company run a line from a pole to a new box? how much is this?
I have a pole barn on the corner of my property that I would like to add a breaker to...
or i might just have to build another structure. Any ideas about a modular barn company? how much those run?
15 Feb ’12
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What are you going to use it for? Are you going to need constant power? We are dealing with something similar here, but we had planned for it somewhat. For us we can swap out a breaker in our panel and feed the line that we use for our generator and make a sub panel out of it. My honest opinion though is if you just need temporary power at times, buy a generator and just run it when you need it. Then you have it for an emergency back up as well'
If you need power full time and have access to your panel to run a wire, you could just feed it down to a sub panel and branch off there.
I would contact a local electrician though just to be on the safe side.
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Thelumberjack
5 Mar ’12
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A lot of people overthink running power -- my neighbor for one. You can run a trench that is 18" deep and enclose the electrical wire in conduit. There is more work in trenching than there is in wiring up the breaker. Things get more complicated if your local permitting is restrictive but if you only want lights and a single outlet in an outbuilding it is very simple.
15 Feb ’12
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Here we need 24 inches, unless you pour concrete over the top then you only need 6
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