Members ZRX 1100 Posted February 27, 2005 Members Share Posted February 27, 2005 Hi.Can you hook up power from your home,run a line to a building some distance away (say about 150 200 feet) and remain legal and in good stead with your power company? Seems like the power company would want the separate building on another meter,and there is probably some kind of bulding code or zoning restrictions on this type of thing,correct?Thanks for your answers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 Originally posted by ZRX 1100 Hi.Can you hook up power from your home,run a line to a building some distance away (say about 150 200 feet) and remain legal and in good stead with your power company? Seems like the power company would want the separate building on another meter,and there is probably some kind of bulding code or zoning restrictions on this type of thing,correct?Thanks for your answers. You can do it either way. Many farm compounds have a central meter pole with an octopus of power feeds going to the various outbuilding. It's common to run a 50A 220V feed from a residential service to a garage or some such structure. The only reason to put a seperate service and meter on the other building is if you have a need to seperately meter the power, or if the service demand exceeds the ability to slave from your master service. I believe there might be a requirement for an easily accessable outside disconnect. You'd definately want to check you local codes for direction on these matters. Sometimes, your local County Agent office can have a wealth of information on this sort of thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zuul777 Posted February 27, 2005 Members Share Posted February 27, 2005 how much power do you need there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted February 28, 2005 Members Share Posted February 28, 2005 Originally posted by ZRX 1100 Hi.Can you hook up power from your home,run a line to a building some distance away (say about 150 200 feet) and remain legal and in good stead with your power company? Seems like the power company would want the separate building on another meter,and there is probably some kind of bulding code or zoning restrictions on this type of thing,correct?Thanks for your answers. There are electrical codes that govern this type of installation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMS Author Craig Vecchione Posted February 28, 2005 CMS Author Share Posted February 28, 2005 Originally posted by ZRX 1100 Hi.Can you hook up power from your home,run a line to a building some distance away (say about 150 200 feet) and remain legal and in good stead with your power company? Seems like the power company would want the separate building on another meter,and there is probably some kind of bulding code or zoning restrictions on this type of thing,correct?Thanks for your answers. In general, utilities do not want to deal with multiple services at any level of customer. Two services require double the equipment, billing, etc. and doesn't add to the bottom line at all when the same amount of power can easily be provided by a single service. While you can certainly encounter an authority (city or utility) that may require separate buildings to use separate service, it's quite rare. Regarding making it legal, this falls under the jurisdiction of whoever is the law in your parts. They will have a code, which may or may not be fully or partially derived from the National Electric Code, which is essentially a book of rules for safe use of electricity. It is entirely possible to run power to a separate bulding safely, but it does require some specialized knowledge and is not recommended as a typical DIY project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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