I've 2 questions for our resident electricians and contractors, as follows:
1. A contractor is putting up a garage/apartment (2 story) on my country property this Fall, something I'm really looking forward to having. Right now, I've 60 amp service for a well pump and incidental stuff. I'm going to ask the power company (who put in a transformer at the end of the line they ran to my property) for 200 amp service to the current power pole. That power pole and well (and transformer) are about 150 feet from where the garage/apartment will be. What size electrical line should I use between the power pole and where the dwelling will be? I'm going to run a 3/4 PVC water line in the same trench, and only want to do this once.
2. I also need to run power and water lines 900 feet to the front of my property, where such will be used on a dock for a boat lift and wash down. I will need a solid 15 amps (to run the lift motors). I have previously trenched and laid power/water lines to the other side of my property, about 1000 feet, for watering and to power an entrance gate. I used 12 gauge wire, and get about ? 10-12 amps at the 1000 foot mark (not quite enough to use a 15 amp rated compressor I had hoped to use in spraying the fenceline, but more than enough to trickle charge a gate opener, supply lights & operate a radial arm saw). I had planned on 10 gauge to the dock, but will such be adequate for 15 amps at 900 feet?
Oh yeah, I trench first with a subsoiler to break up roots, dislodge rocks and the like, then open a wider trench with a potato plow (middle buster) - only need 12" depth on the coast of South Carolina (heck, it rarely freezes, and then just barely and for a short period of time).
1. A contractor is putting up a garage/apartment (2 story) on my country property this Fall, something I'm really looking forward to having. Right now, I've 60 amp service for a well pump and incidental stuff. I'm going to ask the power company (who put in a transformer at the end of the line they ran to my property) for 200 amp service to the current power pole. That power pole and well (and transformer) are about 150 feet from where the garage/apartment will be. What size electrical line should I use between the power pole and where the dwelling will be? I'm going to run a 3/4 PVC water line in the same trench, and only want to do this once.
2. I also need to run power and water lines 900 feet to the front of my property, where such will be used on a dock for a boat lift and wash down. I will need a solid 15 amps (to run the lift motors). I have previously trenched and laid power/water lines to the other side of my property, about 1000 feet, for watering and to power an entrance gate. I used 12 gauge wire, and get about ? 10-12 amps at the 1000 foot mark (not quite enough to use a 15 amp rated compressor I had hoped to use in spraying the fenceline, but more than enough to trickle charge a gate opener, supply lights & operate a radial arm saw). I had planned on 10 gauge to the dock, but will such be adequate for 15 amps at 900 feet?
Oh yeah, I trench first with a subsoiler to break up roots, dislodge rocks and the like, then open a wider trench with a potato plow (middle buster) - only need 12" depth on the coast of South Carolina (heck, it rarely freezes, and then just barely and for a short period of time).