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

[vallefarm]

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.

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It a clone, whimper, but it's mine.

 

[Tinhack]

It a clone, whimper, but it's mine.

That's how I feel about my 12" Atlas-Craftsman Lathe.

 

[vallefarm]

That's how I feel about my 12" Atlas-Craftsman Lathe.

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Beautiful, it's sad that Sears died and still amazed by all the things they sold. Minibikes, sewing machines, prefabricated homes, even farm field equipment.

 

[ConawayFarms]

Sounds like you've got a solid project going! Installing a new meter and panel could definitely be a smart move, especially if it helps you avoid those costly upgrades and gives you the tax write-off as an LLC. Just make sure to check with local codes and regulations for any permits you might need. If you can swing it financially, it might save you headaches down the line, especially with that distance for your tools.

 

[ericm979]

Another advantage of the second meter is that the PoCo guarantees that the voltage at the meter will be right. The voltage drop on a 600' wire can be large unless you upsize the wiring.

I'm in a similar spot- the location for the shop is 500' away from the last pole with the current meters to house and garage+apartment only 40' closer. We're trying to get the PoCo to come out and tell us how far they would trench to run power to a new meter.

If your new parcel had a house on it then it should already have provision for a meter, which makes it even easier.

 

[sd455dan]

Beautiful, it's sad that Sears died and still amazed by all the things they sold. Minibikes, sewing machines, prefabricated homes, even farm field equipment.

Sears for all their early insight into railway delivery and a large catalog of everything under the sun, and yet they refused or just couldn't adapt to what was coming with the internet and amazon.

It could have been them instead.

 

[vallefarm]

Sounds like you've got a solid project going! Installing a new meter and panel could definitely be a smart move, especially if it helps you avoid those costly upgrades and gives you the tax write-off as an LLC. Just make sure to check with local codes and regulations for any permits you might need. If you can swing it financially, it might save you headaches down the line, especially with that distance for your tools.

Well I finished the panel today and had it inspected. Because of the devastation not far from me power in western North Carolina crews are still busy and will likely head south to Florida in a few days. So generator for now but taken everyone's advice consensus being a separate meter.

 

[4570Man]

A new service is what I would do. They will charge a monthly service fee but that will be a lot cheaper and better than trying to run 600ft.

 

[paulsharvey]

A new service is what I would do. They will charge a monthly service fee but that will be a lot cheaper and better than trying to run 600ft.

I now have two services at the new house, one at the home/our buildings, other down by pond, with just a single outdoor light (not utility light, it's after the meter), and with service fees, and all, just that single light runs $51/month. I think that's $50 in fees and $1 in usage.

Flip side; 600 lf of wire, DB or conduit, is going to be several thousand. Pipe ain't cheap, and wire isn't either.

 

[4570Man]

Another advantage of the second meter is that the PoCo guarantees that the voltage at the meter will be right. The voltage drop on a 600' wire can be large unless you upsize the wiring.

I'm in a similar spot- the location for the shop is 500' away from the last pole with the current meters to house and garage+apartment only 40' closer. We're trying to get the PoCo to come out and tell us how far they would trench to run power to a new meter.

If your new parcel had a house on it then it should already have provision for a meter, which makes it even easier.

Running 600 ft at 220 volts isn’t realistic. The wire required would be huge. Locally the power company won’t trench anything. You trench it and provide the conduit and they will pull the wire. That’s not an unlimited offer. They charge you past a certain distance. They will let you go 400 ft at 220v and past that it has to be ran at higher voltage. They will set poles and run 700 ft for “free” if you’re ok with overhead.