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bobbotron
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# Posted: 6 Dec 2012 11:39am
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In the spring we're hoping to have grid power brought into our cabin. We have a pole about 60 feet away from the pole, but a number of trees between our cabin and the pole, we'd like to bury the main line from the house to pole. Clearly I need to talk to hydro about how to go about this, but I was wondering if any of you had gone through this to see what your experiences were. The electrician said we might have to put in another pole near hydro's pole, as Quebec hydro doesn't like running an underground line down their pole...
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toyota_mdt_tech
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# Posted: 6 Dec 2012 12:59pm
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In my area, it must be "X deep", not sure what depth, just ask, and in my area, it must be in condfuit if it goes under a road and the conduit must have the no chaffe collars at the ends. Of course, it must be a certain gauge and type (underground feeder/UF etc). The fact you are under 200 feet away is good, otherwise, usually transformer required on your property. Metyer/pole may require more than one ground rod. My area now wants 2, 6 feet apart. The wire connection and ends of the rods can be all under the grade, so none of its exposed etc.
But I'd call for all the speciifics because they wont hook you up til it all meets their requirements.
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neb
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# Posted: 6 Dec 2012 08:40pm - Edited by: neb
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You are talking secondary wire is that right (120/240 V). I work with this everyday and we would bury the line from Transformer pole to house. Here we do not like to attach meter to the house and this is a good thing for the consumer. If it was me I would hang the loop (meter & Disconnect) on the transformer pole you bury your own wire to where you want to go. You can get a meter/disc. with provisions with extra breakers so you can take power to different areas of you property. The one thing I always stress to people put in big enough wire. I wouldn't put anything smaller them 4/0. You could bring it to a junction box and go from there. There are questions to be asked but it is an option. Don't install meter on the house. If you ever want to do something they will charge you for moving it. Leave meter and disconnect away and off of building. If you use 4/0 you can run 300 ft without any problems and line drop is not much. We have 1000's of service that are run further then that and have no problems.
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toyota_mdt_tech
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# Posted: 6 Dec 2012 09:33pm
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Great info neb. 
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steveqvs
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# Posted: 7 Dec 2012 09:59am
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Not Canada but we did our electric underground.... it was tough pulling the cable. In hindsight i would get the next size conduit.
http://www.small-cabin.com/forum/6_1352_0.html
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bobbotron
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# Posted: 7 Dec 2012 01:46pm
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Thanks for all the responses guys! I'm looking to do something very similar to what steveqvs did, thankfully I don't have as far to go. Will have to do some tree thinning first though, there's a bunch of trees near the pole, some will be a nuisance. Sadly, I don't think they're close enough for hydro to want to take care of them, I might have to hire someone to cut down one birch that will want to fall towards the existing wires. $$
Thinking for the future is a good call. Some day I may build a work shop that will be situated about 150 to 200 feet from the pole.
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steveqvs
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# Posted: 8 Dec 2012 08:39pm - Edited by: steveqvs
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What Neb says is true. The box I used actually has a 2nd set of terminals (pass thru) so i can hook the 0000 wire and go to another location. I did that in case I decide I want my cabin in a different place than what I am thinking about now. Also here the power company cuts trees that might be in the way. I think we have to see something like 40 feet of sky.... 20 or so each side of the pole. The have the right of way to trim. So I guess its where you trees are the power company might actually clear them for you.... then again... I wasn't that lucky and we had to clear our own path. They will in the future do the triming.
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