Running Power to storage shed.
doorguy06
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Electrical Power to Tool Shed
Comments (2)Further, unless the shed is way taller than what I envision as a tool shed, you'll need quite a substantial mast to get the lines out of the way. Unless you've got to trench under a road, underground is going to be much easier cheaper in the long run....See Morerunning power to outside workshop
Comments (6)As wayne points out what you propose is far from correct for a number of reasons and in fact is QUITE dangerous. I would recommend you have an electrician install the subpanel at LEAST. First, NM is not allowed to be used in this situation. It's not rated for wet locations, use outside the house/building, not permitted for messenger supported use, and most likely not rated for sunlight exposure. As Wayne points out you must use either a cable that's allowed for aerial use or really consider running either rated cable or conductors in conduit underground. The messenger, if used also has to be appropriately supported and grounded. You have to use an approved lashing or messenger ring system to attach the cable, you can't just wire tie or tape the cable to the messenger. FYou also probably want to run 240V to your subpanel. That's going to take four conductors (two hots, the neutral, and the ground). If you install a subpanel in the outbuilding (i.e., there is more than one circuit there), you'll need a grounding system (rods) there. You don't technically need a main breaker out at the subpanel if you can kill all the power in less than six handle throws, but I'd recommend it. You might consider having an electrician put the feeder and subpanel in. It's a lot easier to install your own branch circuits in the subpanel than running the feeder....See MoreRunning 110V to my new shed
Comments (4)That will work if they actually ran a neutral to the welder outlet. Of course, you could rewire it to put the second hot as the neutral in that isn't the case. If the wires are part of a cable (e.g., romex) you can remark the non-white conductor with white tape at both ends when you do this. Some other observations: 1. You need to check the existing breaker for the welder circuit if you want to extend it in this fashion. It must be a 15 or 20A breaker to be legal as described here. 2. Underground (even in conduit) is always wet. Regular 12-2 Type NM (ROMEX) will not cut it. You should either direct bury 12-2 type UF (you'll need to sleeve it with something suitable like sched 80 PVC where it comes up out of the ground to protect it) or run appropriate wet rated individual conductors (THWN for example) in the conduit....See MoreRunning power to a shed 150ft away.
Comments (9)What do you plan on using the power for in the shed? I know you said 2 lights and 2 receptacles, but what do you plan on plugging into the receptacles? If it's some heavy duty tools, then you might want more than a single 15a circuit. By running 10/3, you could have 2 15amp circuits (it would be a multi-wire branch circuit where 2 hots share a neutral. Google if you'd like more info about how that works). Or you can upsize the wire even more and run 20a circuits. Any more than that and you'd need a subpanel in the shed, which would probably be overkill. But if a single 15a circuit is what you need, then you wouldn't use a 30amp breaker. It's a 15a circuit. The oversized wire is so that the voltage drop over that distance (with max amperage of 15) is still acceptable. If you can't attach the thicker wire to the receptacles, then you can pigtail a short length of 14 gauge wire between the 10 gauge and the receptacle screw....See Moredoorguy06
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