pole barn electrical box, between pot or just outside?

[bloomingtonmike]

Do you have your conduit come in under the floor between the posts or just outside them? Does the conduit go down though the concrete? Any one have pictures? Just got my wire in the trench and need to finish the ends of the trench now. Please and thank you.

 

[Eriehunter]

Depends on what your plans are, if you are going to recess the panel in the wall then between the posts. If you are going to surface mount the panel than most outside where the finished wall will be. Mine comes up through the concrete, not outside the building it makes for a cleaner looking install.

 

[Highbeam]

Mine comes up inside the wall between posts. Protects it from damage and looks better I think.

When I poured the concrete floor, I placed chunks of foam where I wanted to run the conduit. Then finished the floor. Then came back and knocked out the foam so I had a nice tunnel through the floor for the conduit. I even ran a second 1" conduit for future needs.

 

[Charles (in GA)]

Go ahead and set the conduit down and into a long sweep ell set at 24" deep and duct tape over the ends. Then it will be in place when the slab is poured.

Charles

 

[larry_g]

If you look at my build below you will see that I brought my panel into the middle if the building. Posts 13 & 29 show it. My thoughts on this was how to bring wires easily into the box and then out to places in the shop. It works for me and has made adding circuits easy as the shop morphs and changes.

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