On Sunday, June 28, 2015 at 5:26:31 PM UTC-4, Texas Kingsnake wrote:
"HerHusband" wrote in message
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Any ideas? How deep do 110 volt wires need to be buried?

24" in open areas, it can be less if it goes under concrete, etc.

Best way to do it might be a day laborer. You could rent
a small walk behind ditch witch type gizom, depending on what's
available in your area. HD might rent them. How practical that
is depends on the cost and what you have to move it.

The type of soil makes a difference too. We have lots of rocks in our
ground, everything from a couple inches across up to several feet across.
A
ditch witch digger would be worthless here.

Oh boy. That might put the kibosh on the digger. Rock'r'Us if you know
what I mean.

We usually start out with a straight line from the source to the
destination. Then we alter that route as needed to work around buried
boulders. The end result is usually more serpentine than straight line.

That means it's not likely I'll be able to use PVC conduit although I didn't
have plans to. It sounded like a good idea but I don't see having to rewire
it during my lifetime.

The first trench we dug for our incoming power line was in the rockiest
part of our property. By the time we dug around all the boulders to try
and
find a way through the various rocks, we had a crater about 8 feet across.
Eventually we did find a route through the rocks though. Thankfully, most
other trenches we have dug have been less problematic.

I have been considering solar-powered lightning instead of running a cable
but I have yet to see the solar powered light that I thought was worth a
tinker's damn.

I hired a backhoe once to dig a trench for us. He didn't fare much better
than we did with shovels. Since then we've just grabbed a shovel and
started digging.

I thought about the backhoe and just hiring an excavation company to do the
job. Someone said if I was flexible about when they did it, I could save a
lot of money. Not sure if that is true but I guess they might have
unplanned down time they'd like to fill by digging a hole for me.


A backhoe is going to create a hell of mess compared to a ditchwitch,
just to lay cable or conduit. But it depends on the area, if it's
lawn or just dirt, etc.