Running underground electric service and am unsure of what wire is needed. Help

stquality

I need to run 220 volt supply to 2 outbuildings, the first is about 300 meters from the pole, the second is about 200 meters past that. What size of cable suitable for burial is required for each building keeping in mind the amperage needed for each building to be able to run a welder (60 amp???)

Scuba_Dave

Where are you located ?

bobelectric

You'd have to have the power supplier to extend their line for that distance.

Gabriel24

I found in the chart N. 6 gage copper. But to compensate for voltage drop
a total of 500 feet, and the welding machines, it is advisable to go a step further and install N. 4 copper. the inspector made me install such conductors 36 inches below ground and inside a moisture resistant conduit. I found this in the chart NEC. I hope it will help

Speedy Petey

Gabriel, what is your level of experience in this? What chart are you talking about?

Are you aware that he is talking about close to 1400 feet total??? #4cu ain't gonna cut it. Not even close.

I also suspect that he is in Canada since he mentions the distance in meters, so the NEC does not apply here.

Speedy Petey

Where are you thinking of pulling power from? An existing service or a new dedicated service?

At this distance nothing is going to be cheap or easy. I would STRONGLY suggest you get the power company to extend their primary line close to the first building and put a new 200A service on there. Then extend to the second building from that service.

frenchelectrican

Of course I do agree with speedy Pete this is very long run

The cost of underground conductor can get out of portion plus you will need very large pull boxes to make the splices if you do take that route and I will not run like that fashon so ask the POCO to extend the primay line

If you want to keep 60 amp you will need at least 300mm² { 600 KCM } conductor and with that distance it will be cheaper to have POCO to bring the primary much closer to first building then you can run the rest with much shorter distance.

Merci.
Marc

Gabriel24

REPLY TO A MESSAGE SPEEDY PETEY|
I did not read the 300 meters carefully. I thought it said feet.
For a total of 500 feet, I was right . The charts of the NEC are all the
same. I have 2005 but 2008 also says 4gage copper.
Therefore, I was not wrong.

Scuba_Dave

You were wrong because it is meters

Speedy Petey

There are no "charts" in the NEC, just tables, and they DO NOT give wire sizes that account for voltage drop. That is done by calculation, and is NOT an NEC requirement, it is an NEC suggestion.

I ask again, what is your level of expertise in this area?

Proby

I bet you've never been wrong in your life, huh?

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