I have a couple of out buildings I'd like to run electricity to. Nothing fancy, enough power for lights to one building, lights and some tools to another. I have a brick home. How do you generally get from in the house to the outside?
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Electricity to my shed?
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pattenp
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You use a breaker in your main service panel to serve the feeder circuit and either lay conduit and pull wire or use direct bury cable to the out buildings. That is a very simple answer and by no means is all that's to it.
Do a search in the electrical forum.
Do a search in the electrical forum.
Falcon67
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I was not clear. How do I get from inside the utility room where the BB is to outside the brick wall?
Up and over, down the outside wall. Or core drill through the brick.
Cyberbear
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When I do something as you've described I usually install a separate disconnect at the power supply, run underground conduit from disconnect to a breaker panel in the remote building, and then run branch circuits from breaker box to lights, outlets, etc. in the building. You can save a little money by not using a disconnect at the power source, but it's nice being able to isolate the remote building when adding circuits or trouble shooting.
Depending on the distance of the remote building from the power source, you can install the disconnect on the building for convenience sake, inside or out. I like using the handy disconnect as a way of killing all power during any emergency situation. You can design the installation in several ways, depending on your preference, just make sure all circuits are protected with a circuit breaker or fuses. You may wish to also use a GFI (ground fault interrupter) for some additional safety. Good luck...and have fun
Depending on the distance of the remote building from the power source, you can install the disconnect on the building for convenience sake, inside or out. I like using the handy disconnect as a way of killing all power during any emergency situation. You can design the installation in several ways, depending on your preference, just make sure all circuits are protected with a circuit breaker or fuses. You may wish to also use a GFI (ground fault interrupter) for some additional safety. Good luck...and have fun
Bib Overalls
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If your house is on crawl space or a basement you may be able to pull the cable down through the wall and then out through a hole in the foundation. On occasion, I have run underground feed under the foundation's footing.
Alternatively, you can run the cable through a hole in the wall and into a conduit LB fitting and then down the wall in a conduit.
You can run a single circuit to an out building without a sub-panel. Underground feed (UF) cable must be protected in conduit when it is above ground.
Alternatively, you can run the cable through a hole in the wall and into a conduit LB fitting and then down the wall in a conduit.
You can run a single circuit to an out building without a sub-panel. Underground feed (UF) cable must be protected in conduit when it is above ground.