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Posted by Jim Elbrecht on October 22, 2009, 10:04 am
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>Jim, he should use a 4 wire inlet. He's not feeding his service panel, just
>some temp lights and outlets in an otherwise non electrified pole building
I guess I forgot to start with my first thought. . . "Do it as though
you already have power to the barn. That way when you [or the next
guy] brings power to it, everything is ready."
I'd do it up to code with a couple 8' grounds- I might pass on the
interlock.
If this was a 10x12 garden shed I'd say 'go with an extension cord. .
. . but it is a 36x48 pole barn fer cryin-out-loud!.
Jim
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Posted by dpb on October 22, 2009, 10:13 am
Jim Elbrecht wrote:
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> . . but it is a 36x48 pole barn fer cryin-out-loud!.
...
What he said. After the investment for a barn/shed that size, why
nickel/dime in the end for something that will soon undoubtedly not suit?
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Posted by John Grabowski on October 22, 2009, 7:53 am
>I just built a pole barn (36 x 48). I put clear panels on one side 2
> feet from the eave to allow light in during the daytime hours. This
> seems to work great. I will use this mostly for storage of my RV, lawn
> mower and etc. But what if I want to work on my RV inside at night?
> Running an electric line is too costly. I want to be able to use my
> generator for the rare occasions. I want to be able to plug my
> generator into an outside outlet and have it feed an outlet, or 4, and
> a couple lights. I don't want to run a wire under or thru a door/
> window.
> How would you do it?
*Install a flanged inlet outside that feeds into a small electrical panel
inside. From the electrical panel I would run my wiring (EMT probably in
your situation) to outlets and lights. If down the road I wanted to run a
feed from the house or the power company transformer the interior wiring
would already be in place.
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Posted by bud-- on October 22, 2009, 11:05 am
John Grabowski wrote:
>> I just built a pole barn (36 x 48). I put clear panels on one side 2
>> feet from the eave to allow light in during the daytime hours. This
>> seems to work great. I will use this mostly for storage of my RV, lawn
>> mower and etc. But what if I want to work on my RV inside at night?
>> Running an electric line is too costly. I want to be able to use my
>> generator for the rare occasions. I want to be able to plug my
>> generator into an outside outlet and have it feed an outlet, or 4, and
>> a couple lights. I don't want to run a wire under or thru a door/
>> window.
>> How would you do it?
>
>
> *Install a flanged inlet outside that feeds into a small electrical
> panel inside. From the electrical panel I would run my wiring (EMT
> probably in your situation) to outlets and lights. If down the road I
> wanted to run a feed from the house or the power company transformer the
> interior wiring would already be in place.
Sounds like a good plan.
Add Jim's ground rods.
Make sure receptacles are GFCI protected.
Neutral and ground must be bonded. I assume the generator does that. The
generator ground has to come in through the inlet as RBM indicated.
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bud--
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Posted by Hustlin' Hank on October 22, 2009, 12:55 pm
e:
> *Install a flanged inlet outside that feeds into a small electrical panel
> inside. =EF=BF=BDFrom the electrical panel I would run my wiring (EMT pro=
bably in
> your situation) to outlets and lights. =EF=BF=BDIf down the road I wanted=
to run a
> feed from the house or the power company transformer the interior wiring
> would already be in place.
The panel sounds like what I want to do. It seems with all the other
suggestions, that is THE way to go.
Gorunding rod.....grounding rod, where did I put that
grounding.......seriously, I already have one to install.
Hank
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