I need some advice/verification on how best to get this done right. Wire is 2' down, and I think this 3/4 in. x 10 ft. PVC Schedule 40 Conduit-67454 - The Home Depot will get up to this 3/4 in. PVC Type LB Conduit Body-E986E-CTN - The Home Depot to get into the walls. Am I missing anything?
A few missing brain cells doesn't hur.............uh, wut? Hey ironpony , you do 'lectric? Anybody else?
a little confusing reading what you wrote. 3/4" pvc 2' deep using lbs to go up into wall......pull wire thru this. use radius elbows to go down into ground and back up, you will be able to pull wire thru these, the lbs you have to have access to. glue all the joints. Sounds good though, check local code you might not need to be 2' deep in conduit and I always bury bigger conduit than I "need" so I can add wire later if needed. No high voltage wire mixed with low voltage wire. Might want to run 2 conduit to add electric run if not already out there.
Thanks IP. Dave shorthand......... I was thinking of just running the PVC vertical from bottom of trench into LB, obviously, wire inside the pipe. Think I need the radius in the trench? There's an old 20 amp fuse box out in the shed that I'll tie into for now. Can't find a 20 amp sub panel. I think code here is at least 18".
we ran conduit all the way and single strand but yeah that's what you need for the vertical section kicking myself for not running another conduit and ethernet while the trench was still open
I should have done that when I ran everything out to the pole barn. I don't get much of a wireless signal out there. This little shed is out near the garden, and won't need that. Might try to set up power for the shallow well we have out there, and hook up our old pump (needs a new tank).
A bit of an update to this is in order. Got the wire buried, and the conduit etc. into the shed. Relocated the fuse panel in the shed and completely rewired that, then ran new Romex to a junction box at the old panel location and tied two circuits into that. Much cleaner than before. I couldn't make myself get into the crawl to mount the junction box and tie into the wiring back to the main panel, so that'll wait for spring (unless I get antsy and do it this winter). I hate crawls.....have I mentioned that? Now for the rest of "the list".
They make wifi boosters that work well. One summer after my daughter got out of college she wanted to stay in our camper away from house (out of wifi range) but wouldn't without wifi. IIRC they were under $40 on Amazon .
I actually bought one a few weeks ago, but it's still tough to get a signal. It's not a huge issue, since I don't use a computer out there very much, but I'd like to.
Well, well, well, I just pulled this thing outta' the drawer and plugged it in a different outlet (next to the back door), and quite a difference in the house. No stuttering (so far) in Instagram vids, which used to be quite a problem. Signal strength isn't great, but speed is much better. Weird.
Ya We can't take our laptops past the deck (15') The booster I got was 100' from house and seemed to work good
