On Wed, 20 Nov 2019 23:43:43 -0600, Jim Joyce
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On Wed, 20 Nov 2019 23:40:39 -0500, wrote:

On Wed, 20 Nov 2019 21:34:02 -0500, micky
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In alt.home.repair, on Wed, 20 Nov 2019 20:24:51 -0500,
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On Wed, 20 Nov 2019 15:48:58 -0600, Jim Joyce
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On Wed, 20 Nov 2019 16:44:18 -0500, micky
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In alt.home.repair, on Tue, 19 Nov 2019 21:33:23 -0600, Jim Joyce
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Hi folks,

I'm planning to run a new electrical circuit out to a storage shed in my
back yard and I'd like some help with the details. I'm the homeowner and
I'll be doing most of the work myself, but I want it to be safe and up to
code.

If I were putting in electric, I'd also run cat6 internet, coax for tv,
and phone line if I had a home phone and the cordless reception in the
shed wasn't good. Even if I didnt' connect some of it at either end,
I'd have it for the future. Cable internet is more reliable than
wifi, and wifi has distance limitations. Phone line is so cheap I'd
run it anyhow in case the next owner wanted it.

I'd probably run speaker wires too, so I could listen to the same thing
in the house and the shed without turning on two devices, but I suppose
most people don't care about that anymore.


And maybe a speaking tube so you could call back to your house, and a
pneumatic tube so you could send papers back and forth. ;-)

What about some kind of smart device that the wife can turn on from the
kitchen to let me know that dinner's ready? :-)

These days isn't that all in your cell phone? If you really think you
need signaling out there you could drop another 3/4" conduit in the
trench for about $40 but that is so 20th century. ;-)

You have a point about learning when dinner is ready, but you can't get
beer from cell phone.

That is why he needs a beer fridge out there. What do you think he
wants the power for in the first place?

I actually started out thinking I wanted solar, but I'd have to hide it
from the HOA. They have a strict rule against it, saying it negatively
affects property values, in their opinion. Fortunately, the south side of
the roof shed faces away from the street and is all the way in the back
yard. But here we are, abandoning solar in favor of AC.
In my shed I have 2 solar motion sensing led "security lights" - one
in the main floor area and one in the attic. Makes it so I can see
whatever U'm looking for. If I need to WORK in the shed I generally
use my cordless tools but I also have a 12 guauge ext cord that I can
run from the garage. If I need 220 I can fire up the generator I store
in the shed (after moving it outside, of course)
The solar lights have roughly 8 inch square solar panel each mounted
to the south facing gabel of the roof.