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Richard Denney
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Matt, I have a power-company hub transformer in my yard, 35 feet from the
corner of this barn. I will be paying an electrician just enough to install
a 300-amp panel and add a separately metered service from the power
company. I'll run all the branches myself. I have no interior finish on the
walls, so I can attach conduit runs wherever I want them. I'll be able to
go through walls as needed, too. I'm planning two 30-amp RV ports outside,
one inside, plus another two for bigger tools, and yet another one for a
compressor. Then, maybe five 20-amp branches, one for the attic, a 240V
20-amp branch for the attic, and lighting (I plan to use large LED bay
lights, maybe 8 of them). The heading system requires two 60's and a 30. I
just don't see how less than 300 amps could make me happy :)
But I think I can go through the walls for all that. The power company will
want the meter can on the outside in any case, and then punch through the
wall to an interior panel.
Rick "those LED bay lights are BRIGHT" Denney
On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 10:36 AM Matt Colie wrote:
> Rick,
>
> I won't say I'm not somewhat jealous, I do have a heatable barn that I can
> get the coach into. It is nothing like that.
>
> In the past, I did build a pole barn shop and severely modify a large
> garage as a workspace, I will make a few very important suggestions that are
> cheap at this point but will save you endless grief down the road.
>
> Plan underground services to the structure now. Have the concrete guy put
> at least two 4" pipes up through the slab inside the "projected" wall and
> with the elbows aimed at the dwelling. These are for: the electric
> service to the shop, Cat6 for the WAP in there, city water, compressed air
> back
> to the dwelling, a phone line (maybe not important any more), RG6 for the
> TV in the shop.
>
> Run at least 100A service to the shop if the dwelling service will
> accommodate it, 200 would be better. Put the breaker panel for it out
> there.
> Wire the lights on two circuits on opposite sides of the phase. (This
> makes it much tougher to put out all the lights. This is a BTDT.) Buy a box
> with space for more circuits than you can possibly imagine ever wanting.
>
> You can open the big door with a normal plain-jane door operator, but you
> will have to look up the extension kit.
>
> If I think of anything else, I will try to remember to get it to you.
>
> I lost my father over thirty years ago and I still miss him. I hope the
> cleanup is not too tough.
>
> Matt
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