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Randy Stankey
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posted 04-19-2015 01:58 PM
How far is "far?"
If it is not "too far" I would install a satellite service panel at the location with the caveat of making sure the wire/cable is properly sized and rated.
If is not "really far" I would use a step-up transformer at the service point and a step-down transformer at the location, again with proper size/rating cable in between.
If it is "really far" I would either install new service at the location (properly sized/rated) or, fail that, get a generator.
I haven't got a problem with "MacGuyver-ing" a solution for temporary set-ups but I have seen too many of those "temporary" solutions become "temporarily permanent" solutions. Then, down the road, something goes wrong and people stand around scratching their heads, wondering why their house burned down,
That happened to me, twice, when I was a kid. My dad installed those "temporary" solutions that became "temporarily permanent" and almost burned our house down.
Consequently, I don't sleep very well with the thought in the back of my mind that something could go wrong and burn the house down. Maybe I'm a "high anxiety" type but, in my case, I feel like it is justified.
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Randy Stankey
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posted 04-19-2015 05:17 PM
One of my dad's infamous "temporarily permanent" electrical runs was for the swimming pool, outside. It was probably a couple hundred feet from the house, by wire.
We needed electrical outlets for the swimming pool filter, lights and convenience. So he ran just regular, old Romex from the panel in the basement, out the basement window and strung it from tree branches. He used a regular, old box, two breakers and a couple of outdoor outlets. The whole thing was in a plywood box, nailed to a pole by the side of the pool.
That setup lasted more than ten years without any problems until we took the pool down. That was a 16x32 ft. Kayak above-ground pool.
Us kids never thought twice about it at the time although, I know that more than one person who looked at it just shook their heads and walked away.
So... THEORETICALLY... I suppose you could just get some 3-conductor, gray, underground Romex of the right guage and, as Dad would say, "Run a line out there," but, to be honest, I'd be thinking of a better way to do it if it was my house.
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