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This is a diy project for some friends, I have been working around their house for years.
They call me uncle Fred :laughing:
I built the well back in October, this pic is before it was finished. I made a wooden bucket for it and is hanging now. I also installed a pond liner 16" deep while building the well. I now have time off of work to get back over there and finish the wiring and get the water feature working.
Will simply be a small pump to run water up into the bucket, and flow out.
I am not talking about powering a out building. They would be happy with a extension cord hidden all the way to the pump.
I will bury pvc and run it to code from the well to the side of the house, terminate the pvc in a weather proof box with a switch, then hard wire a outdoor cord from switch to the gfi outlet.
I think the cord will look tacky running the 8' along the patio to the outlet.
With all the fancy new gadgets available today, am trying to find a creative way to get power to the switch without hard wiring it.
House is on a slab, other side of the exterior wall is a closet and no outlets close by.
Is 2 stories and not going to run conduit up the side of house for it, not going to cut ouhttp://i49.tinypic.com/11mgnrt.jpgt the patio to get power to it.
Next choice would be to trench about 150' around the corner and down a hard packed gravel drive way to the garage to get power.
Just looking for a creative way to hide or run the wire from outlet to switch.
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They call me uncle Fred :laughing:
I built the well back in October, this pic is before it was finished. I made a wooden bucket for it and is hanging now. I also installed a pond liner 16" deep while building the well. I now have time off of work to get back over there and finish the wiring and get the water feature working.
Will simply be a small pump to run water up into the bucket, and flow out.
I am not talking about powering a out building. They would be happy with a extension cord hidden all the way to the pump.
I will bury pvc and run it to code from the well to the side of the house, terminate the pvc in a weather proof box with a switch, then hard wire a outdoor cord from switch to the gfi outlet.
I think the cord will look tacky running the 8' along the patio to the outlet.
With all the fancy new gadgets available today, am trying to find a creative way to get power to the switch without hard wiring it.
House is on a slab, other side of the exterior wall is a closet and no outlets close by.
Is 2 stories and not going to run conduit up the side of house for it, not going to cut ouhttp://i49.tinypic.com/11mgnrt.jpgt the patio to get power to it.
Next choice would be to trench about 150' around the corner and down a hard packed gravel drive way to the garage to get power.
Just looking for a creative way to hide or run the wire from outlet to switch.
Just getting back to this project, took a couple pics to better explain what I mean.
Tomorrow I will trench and lay the conduit, run a sweep up the wall and attach a outdoor box with a switch installed. Then hardwire a extension cord to the switch and plug it into existing outlet.
I could run conduit over the patio to the outlet, But still see no good way to get into the box without plugging it in.
Quite honestly, my friend the home owner would be quite happy with just a out door extension cord running all the way. He does not want to penetrate the stucco and tear out drywall to wire it in the existing box. Not for just a small pump on a water feature.
Just trying to think of some creative way to run the cord from switch to outlet, or maybe build it with direct burial wire for uv protection if it would help? Total distance is just under 5'
Tomorrow I will trench and lay the conduit, run a sweep up the wall and attach a outdoor box with a switch installed. Then hardwire a extension cord to the switch and plug it into existing outlet.
I could run conduit over the patio to the outlet, But still see no good way to get into the box without plugging it in.
Quite honestly, my friend the home owner would be quite happy with just a out door extension cord running all the way. He does not want to penetrate the stucco and tear out drywall to wire it in the existing box. Not for just a small pump on a water feature.
Just trying to think of some creative way to run the cord from switch to outlet, or maybe build it with direct burial wire for uv protection if it would help? Total distance is just under 5'
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