Any electricians here?

[stj]

Re: Any electricians here?

part-p should stand for part-pisstake, and should never be confused with a real qualification.

all it means is you know how to put a wire in a terminal block, and you had a company sponsor or paid an extortionate fee to get your certificate.

fuck part-p, it's worth less than the paper it's printed on.

[eccerr0r]

Re: Any electricians here?

All these things you can do it yourself but if the insurance man comes in a fire and sees stuff not to code, they'll deny claims even if it's not at fault...

It's not really hard to meet code, just that it changes so often with obscure requirements... I can't believe recent NEC requires tamper resistant outlets now, installing regular unprotected outlets in new houses is against code?

IANA Electrician or Lawyer, if it's not obvious

[OkieElectrician]

Re: Any electricians here?

For a 100amp panel you have to have #3 copper or #2 aluminum. As far as voltage drop, I would not worry about it being that close. Unless your stringing it over head. Then #4 triplex will do the job.

[NeedsMoreFlux]

Re: Any electricians here?

I skimmed over the posts.

Did you ever say how many amps you are planning on using inside the shed???

If you just want a couple LED bulbs; you probably can get away with very thin wire.

If you want to wire in 20 H.P.S. bulbs to grow ganja at 1000 Watts each, then you'll want something bigger. LOL!!!

[NeedsMoreFlux]

Re: Any electricians here?

Oh, and I think we were looking at a similar question on our detached garage.

We were recommended to use a special gray PVC style pipe to encase the wires underground, in case moles try to chew on it.