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  • Aug 15, 2011, 12:35 PM
    Jeff Sturgell
    Service to Calf Shed
    I want to run service to a Calf Shed approx 175' from the Main to install a light receptacle also an outlet for a Calf Tank Water Heater, from the calf shed I want to run 30 amp service for two trailers and they are approx 25-30' closer to the main. What I am looking for is the most economical means of accomplishing this issue.
  • Aug 16, 2011, 05:04 AM
    tkrussell
    Sounds like a 100 amp subpanel would be needed at the shed. The panel can have a 20 amp circuit breaker for the light in the shed, and a breaker for the heater, size unknown.

    Then there can be a 30 amp breaker for the trailers, two if each trailer needs a breaker.

    You can use #2 aluminum wire, in a four wire cable called URD, rated for direct burial.

    Need to have 6 inch of sand above and below the cable buried 24 inch deep.

    Install a warning tape above cable 12 inch below grade.

    You may consider using Schedlue 40 PVC conduit and #2 al wire XHHW insulation, conduit offers more protection and allows cable to be replaced later if needed.

    You need to consider a equipotential ground grid for buildings and ares that will hold livestock.

    http://fyi.uwex.edu/mrec/files/2011/04/document.pdf

    This is not all the detail you need to complete this project, enough to get you started thinking.

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