Aerial Feeds
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sparky 1971
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Yes, it's done on farms everywhere.
Triplex
Quadplex
In both cases, the messenger can be used as a ground, but unlike the POCO, not a neutral.
Size will be determined by what's available and if I were to guess, #6 is as small as it will get.
Firebrick43
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If you maintain clearances in NEC 225.18
Wire size is 225.6. Allows 10 gauge to 50’ or even 12 gauge with a support wire and festoon
Wire size is 225.6. Allows 10 gauge to 50’ or even 12 gauge with a support wire and festoon
Firebrick43
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A general arrival about it written by Mike Holt
www.ecmweb.com
Article 225: Outside Branch Circuits
Article 225 provides installation requirements for outside branch circuits and feeders that run on (or between) structures or poles (Fig. 1). The NEC differentiates between buildings...
www.ecmweb.com
Again, not really relevant as this was more of a "could I do that?" Then anything else
#12 would be perfectly fine, but I didn't see anything smaller then #6
Thanks.
Would be stupid to run 6 if I did this, so back to UF and a trencher or solar and just lights
Why do you call it stupid? What you described is exactly what #6 is usually used for.
If I'm feeding more than a light and a cattle water, I usually run at least #4
Massively oversized and really not that far of a run. Trenching there is just going to be a PITA and I really don't need lights and an outlet out there.
Like I said in the OP, just a thought exercise this morning and all I saw was #6.
How far are you running #4 for the cows?
Chuckster in NJ
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This reminds me of the days when I used the "dreaded cable" lasher.…….. I hated that tool.
This reminds me of the days when I used the "dreaded cable" lasher.…….. I hated that tool.
Reminds me of the days when I ran 2 of Dad's extension cords out the back window of the garage and out thru the trees to my treehouse.
Voltage drop 200' away? Pfft.
Sometimes less than 100' sometimes much further. Load from a light and a water is about 5 or 6 amps.
#6 is what street lights are usually fed with. Maybe #8 sometimes. We are talking about a 1-2 amp load.
Anything smaller is going to be copper so costs more
Chuckster in NJ
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And I am sure that these were two wire (no ground) cords……… Those were the days when the only "ground" we knew had grass growing on it.
We had 120v electric in our forts and tree houses plus we used white gas burners, drank out of hoses, had BB guns for "protection" and camped out for days.
C'mon, I ain't THAT old. Cord had a ground.
I do remember the radio in the garage would make you tingle when you plugged it in though
Yep
nadogail
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Your choices will depend on your location, as an example my house in Spain was fed with 10 AWG installed by the local electrician who was also the Lineman for the utility.
He ran two conductors with a steel span wire.
He ran two conductors with a steel span wire.
I have you on ignore because of posts like this
nadogail
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Very Well
wyliesdiesels
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youre gonna spend more time and money on UF and a trencher than #6 OH
wyliesdiesels
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for some reason our city used #10 underground
Probably.
Right now I either use the tractor LED bar or a headlamp. Maybe I'll spring for a $20 solar light this year...
Again, thread was just a thought experiment to get a light out in the back 40, that I really don't need.