How do I get electrical power to my shed 50 metres away?

Answer 1

I had the same problem and got a lekkie in. He took a spur from the garage and run an armoured cable to the shed, installing a fuse box in the shed. He also put in a copper rod into the earth nearby to earth the supply.

Answer 2

The easiest way is to dig a trench about 2 feet deep and run electrical cable in a conduit from your power source to the shop, go through the wall into the shop and into a breaker panel.

If you go from your house breaker panel, install a dedicated circuit breaker for the shed, and depending on what you plan on using the shed for, you may want to run a 220V line out to the shed, and then break it down to 110V there, so that you at least have 220VAC available to you if you decide to use a welder.

In the area that I live you can do this yourself. You just need the wiring, the breaker panel, and conduit with elbows. Your local home depot can assist you with everything you need.

Answer 3

Dig a trench 18" deep from house to shed then get Sparkie to lay underground cable and connect up both ends. The shed usually will need a fuse box to protect electrical circuits in house
Trench can be dug manually or use a Ditch witch(Narrow trench or use a small excavator
Do all ythe basic prep work yourself, can save a heap of money

Answer 4

electrical power shed 50 metres

Answer 5

It is highly possible that you had something or some things using up more electricity at the old home. An electric water heater element could rupture and run electricity to ground through the water and realy make that meter spin. There are other things that could do this also and not nessesarily a whopping amount of usage but a small amount constantly throughout the month and year.

Answer 6

You could save yourself some money by opening the trench and laying the underground conduit below the frost line, for a licensed electrician to run the new service to your shed.

But, you may have to pay for the dig call first; as it is illegal to dig in most states now without one, and, if not done, you should assume liability for any damage done to other underground services.

Too, most municipalities no longer allow ariel service installations; and the utility itself has rules you need to follow or they can shut you off if does not meet code...

Non-licensed electrical service installation's also very often void your homeowners insurance policy, prevent the closing on any resale later if a U&O is required, and may even mean removal and re-certification, plus fines, if discovered by your municipality.

The potential fire hazard is just not worth the few hundred dollars an elctrician would charge you to do it to code.

Answer 7

Given that you have to ask, don't undertake the work yourself!!
If you simply want to run a small power tool occassionaly use an extension cord with a RCD device. The same goes for a lightbulb. For anything more a direct connection to a distribution box, with associated RCD, is essential!!!!!
Don't be tempted to take a spur of an existing socket if you are going to use anything more than a drill; unless you fancy the prospect of your house burning down! In addition, I don't know where you reside, every country has its own building regulations. If you fall foul of these your house insurer will use this as an excuse not to pay out in the event that either you or somebody else has a related accident or your house does actually burn down, God forbid!!!

Answer 8

Easy way is to run a cable from a power point into the garage and put a power point on the garage end. Then plug it into the indoor power point when needed. Any cable going outside should go through a metal tube, they can be purchased quite cheaply running at a height of about 7 feet or underground, still in a conduit(tube) though.
Or you could wire a spur into a power point and run it in the same way. This will mean that you would not need to plug it in when you need to use it. Use 13amp rated cable.

Answer 9

depends on at least two things, load and code.

If you intend to run a high load, lots of outlets, best to get an electrian.
else:
code will tell you if you can hang the wire or if you need to bury it. If you bury it go at least below the frost line 18inches in most areas around here. If you string it for 50 meters run a guy cable for support it will be rather heavy. Use proper wire for either condition strung or buried.

Then decide if it is a simple outlet as in a light bulb only just run off an existing outlet from the house. If it will be a heavy load you need to go to the fusebox. Get a qualified electrican.

Answer 10

Providing it's only for lighting & a couple of sockets then buy some good quality garden hose, thread 2.5mm cable through this & that will protect it. dig a trench about 18 inches deep & bury it. To connect it run it from a seperate 20amp elcb/ fuse in your breaker box. if in doubt get professional help.