Are you tired of going out to the detached garage or shed or out building and looking for something with a flashlight ? Here is a simple solution and no running of unsightly overhead wires ..
From the annals of This Old House, here is a great video showing the relative simplicity of bringing electricity to your remote garage, shed or other out buildings.
The video clearly shows the type of wire to use, the conduit and how to dig the ditch with a ditch digger. The ditch digger can be rented from just about any construction equipment rental company
Stop fumbling in the dark and poking around with a flashlight.. Also, this will broaden the use of your building by giving you electric lights..
Check it out on Page 2 You have to admire and love the history of This Old House and we are happy to share their wisdom with you, our readers
Already done that
piece of cake, with a trencher….SMH!!!
It sure is.
Lucky for me the tweakers that lived in the house before me did that. Hahaha
Christina Robert Cotterman
Matt Loveland
Nate Canier. Look at 1:30 in
Mike Wagner
Frank Vekich- which one of your 7 sheds are you running power too?
Just two of them.
I don’t call going out and renting a trencher hauling it home, unloading it learning how to use it safely and properly then messing with electrical wiring simple
Or you could call a company that does cable trenching and have them do it.
Since we at DIY For Everybody used to be in the underground cable installation business, I think that we may have over simplified it in our mind.. Sorry about that
I used a shovel. I went 18 inches deep by roughly 1ft wide by about 50 feet. It took me about 2 hours to dig it. I also bought a 500ft roll of #8 and just labeled it. I can run a 220 welder, 220 air comp, 400w high bay lights, chopsaw, and grinders with no issues..
Sounds like you have a winner there. Great install
Good looking install, thanks for showing homeowners how to do things the right way! Next time for a joke you Should bury an extension cord, ha(I’ve seen it)
35$ more it could have been done wright with conduit and ever wonded to add more wire just pull it through the conduit
35 dollars? ?? Your way too high!
Agree. Uf is way more money than conduit and romex
Joshua Dart
We agree. And not a significant amount of additional effort.
Christopher Carino taco shack is on
Let me save you from the adds on that site… they dug a trench with a machine and used direct buried cable to power the garage that was previously powered overhead.
Call a union electrician.
Don’t be lazy skip that UF crap and run conduit and have the option of installing a sub panel if you see going go through the trouble of digging a trench that far.
If all you need is lights go to Amazon buy a couple 12 volt l.e.d.RV lights, a solar panel and some cheap wire and go to the auto parts store and get a deep cycle battery and u got it made
We agree and it certainly is the Right Way to Do the Job.. Allows for greater expansion
Thanks for the input .. but the ads keep our lights on..
Nice to see there was a permit and it was inspected
Safety and proper installation is the key
John Herrada, for the dock
Anthony Aguinaga
Belynda McKaraher
Lol a Union electrician…
Yes. For the dock but with proper grounding and water tight connections.
Oh oh in no who givs a fk
Some people do care
If you don’t find “messing with electrical wiring” simple then this probably is not a diy for you. And the trencher is not required by any means, just a time and back saver.
That will never happen in my house, I’ll do it myself. Not going to pay someone $100 an hour to do something I’ve been doing since middle School
Jay Dunbar
Or you could recruit a friend who is comfortable with electrical things.
Hey little man happy birthday oo you’re doing electrical I hope I talk to you all
Brandon King
Because copying and pasting links is such an expensive endeavor…
What do I do after I call them? I sure as hell am not about to hire one…
Susie Hairrell
Rosa White
Lol. Yeah, he’s been wanting to. It’s wired already. Just have to run it from the house. Gotta get a bigger box.
I missed that part. Code is 2 feet in my city.
Don’t mess with electric if you do not no what you are doing hire it out
Good advice.
In europe, at least the north such installation newer would be allowed !
My man cave needs power.thanks for the tips
Wiring is not a hobby!!
Hire a licensed electrician!!
Personally, we at DIY for everybody always use conduit. We think that it is safer and we make all joints waterproof
Michael Gish
Adam McAlpin
Chet Mitchell
DIY For Everybody yes but still put tape above.
Does Not meet the National Electrical Codes.
NEC calls for 24″ below grade for direct burial cable, a gfci breaker doesn’t make a difference. (it is a better way to fucking it up) and it looks like he used a 12-2 line, what do you plan to feed with that?
Carol Williams
Is that Maynard?
Mike Sheneman
12″ deep? Isn’t 18″ the minimum amount of cover for buried electrical wire?
Only in pvc is 18 code.
No, no, no !
False. 18″ minimum cover.
Just get a long thick extension cord
Jay Dunbar 100 $ that’s cheap !
Depends on what state you are in.
direct burrial wire has a higher amperage capacity than in conduit due to the cooling effect of ground. but agree a tape above is helpful for future projects
Dan Hansen
Catherine Janovich
If circuit is feed from GFIC breaker there is exception to code just for 20a 120v…for 12″ deep…. Must be UF cable and yes PVC is a nice protection form Damage… But has no effect on safety ! Thats the job of GFIC breaker..
The only Code Error in this instruction was putting a screw on the inside of an LB fitting to mount to house… Fasteners are not allowed inside of LB fittings… It is a raceway not a junction box and is a violation.
Wayne Michael Davis Jr.
It’s called an extension cord.
This is gonna get someone killed
Jeff Prior
That is good advice since a good portion of my work is fixing stuff people thought they could do because they read an article!
Carl Massey
DIY For Everybody You can’t use Romex in buried conduit.
there is a great deal of time involved. Plus other assorted expenses.
Really? Because I just did it in about 6 seconds… For free.