fireman1102
Jul 10, 2012, 10:54 AM
Hi there,
I have a cabin on my property. It is about 900 meters from the house. We would like to have some very basic lights and the ability to run a stereo in the cabin without having to haul up a generator every time someone uses the cabin. We looked at installing power from the local utility, but the cost of installing posts and a meter was too much for what the place is actually worth. Someone suggested that we should be able to run a line from the house to the cabin that would be sufficient to run some basic lights - essentially a big extension cord - does anyone know if standard household wire would carry enough power over that distance to be of any use? Would another type of wire work? We are really looking at a couple of lights, no fridge or anything like that.
Thanks
I have a cabin on my property. It is about 900 meters from the house. We would like to have some very basic lights and the ability to run a stereo in the cabin without having to haul up a generator every time someone uses the cabin. We looked at installing power from the local utility, but the cost of installing posts and a meter was too much for what the place is actually worth. Someone suggested that we should be able to run a line from the house to the cabin that would be sufficient to run some basic lights - essentially a big extension cord - does anyone know if standard household wire would carry enough power over that distance to be of any use? Would another type of wire work? We are really looking at a couple of lights, no fridge or anything like that.
Thanks