Ok I confess I hire labor at HD to did trenches. My wife prohibits me from digging trenches. She won't even let me operate the ditch witch any more.
I do not envy you.
I went to my old employer and bought 200ft of 1.5" pvc conduit today. I'll try running it in the next couple days, then go back and get the wire. I'm gonna de-rate the sub panel to 40amps. It would be just over $100 to go up to #4, and about $250 to get to #2. I'll never need the extra ampacity, so I feel comfortable with 40 amps. If I decide to add any heating apparatus, it will be solar. If/when I sell the house, the next owner will have the option of solar or natural gas heater. If they want a heat pump, they can deal with larger wire run.
This option ended up being about $80 more than tying in to the existing hot tub box, but I wanted to leave that open in the off chance we ever get a hot tub.
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At least you didn't have a complete trench that's now a river and collapsed on it self. Not to mention all the spare time you have now to patch that drywall haha. No rest for the weary.
Isn't it easier to pull wire as you glue the segments together? Even if you don't have the wire yet it might be best to wait until you can lay the conduitand pull the wire simultaneously.
Figured you were busy digging. Glad to see you're getting the trencher. Get one with the saw wheel. I think they'll cut through the roots and everything else much easier.
Phone line? What do you need that for?
So j.u.n.k is a banned word? Didn't know that. The train has left the station now with the trencher. I'm thinking I may go ahead and run another trench and put 2' pvc in it to run solar eventually. I'm hoping for next year.
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LOL!! No, junk isn't banned, you must have had a typo the first time because you typed junk again in the next sentence and it didn't get censored! :-D