Powering outbuildings further than 600 feet from your homes main panel.

[vallefarm]

I recently purchased my neighbors property. It had a decrepit mobile home which I have removed and a well made 24x30' garage with a 30x30' concrete pad in front. I have fully insulated, Sheetrocked the walls, changed the locks and am in the process of electrifying it. I have moved much of many of my toys into it, Bridgeport, Unisaw, Miller Multimatic etc that require 220v. Because of the distance over 600 feet, to avoid voltage drop issues I would need a second 200 panel, up graded transformer and 3/000 wiring minimum but at a cost of over six grand my thoughts were a new meter and panel. The benefit are a tax write off as an llc property. Am I wrong?

 

[lman]

What electric service was there previously?

 

[LittleBittyBigJohn]

Without knowing the details on the property location etc., My thought would be to have the electric provider run a new service to it. It should cost you way less. In my area if the service is overhead the power company will run a line and transformer at no cost. You would just be responsible for whatever is after the meter.

 

[JeepHead]

Definitely go with a new service. You will just have to install a meter base and wire to your panel and be done. The electric company will handle the rest...

 

[vallefarm]

What electric service was there previously?

Yes but cut, I am going to tie into and get a new meter. The cost of that much wire the additional expense of a survey of utilities, crossing water main, two irrigation systems, a paved road and unknowns is more than an extra twenty dollars a month for several years.

 

[vallefarm]

Definitely go with a new service. You will just have to install a meter base and wire to your panel and be done. The electric company will handle the rest...

Thanks, that's my thoughts.

 

[vallefarm]

Without knowing the details on the property location etc., My thought would be to have the electric provider run a new service to it. It should cost you way less. In my area if the service is overhead the power company will run a line and transformer at no cost. You would just be responsible for whatever is after the meter.

Thanks, I was adding the numbers and the possibility of damage to other utilities in setting the already expensive wiring in the ground, cheaper to pay extra for a meter charge for years than the work to tie into the house.

 

[vallefarm]

What electric service was there previously?

Yes but found it was very shallow, clipped a wire ten feet from the old trailer location that was twelve inches deep. Someone cut some corners that day, I asked the utility to remove the breakers at the transformer so I could trace the lines. Must have needed extra work here in just before Helene western Carolina and they cut the wires three inches above the pole conduit. Good luck splicing that. I guess my job is far less important now, the devastation is unimaginable just miles from here. God help them, I pray for them endlessly.

My game plan is to dig up the shallow run till I feel it is a safe depth and have them splice from there to a new meter on the outbuilding. The additional meter monthly cost should be about 25 bucks today and as it rises over time still be cheaper for decades than tying into the house.

 

[Tinhack]

Speaking of electric and Bridgeports, are you running a 3-phase converter or a rotary phase converter? Or did you just stick a single-phase motor on it? (BooHoo)

Here's the J-head after I installed an auto-oiler. I've got parts and materials for a power drawbar but just haven't gotten around to it yet.

 

[vallefarm]

Fuses not breakers on transformer