How to Run Underground Power to a Shed the Easy Way

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1. Interesting code requirements. By comparison, in Australia we are required to bury the wire in conduit the whole way at 600mm (2ft), with warning tape just above the conduit. It can be shallower (not sure how much) if there is mechanical protection like concrete.

2. Hey April I am a beginner woodworker from New Zealand and I have watched I think all of your videos. I cant thank you enough for all your talant and know how. You explain everything so beginners like me can do anything when it comes to woodworking. I have subcribed to your channel and look forward to seeing alot more videos once again thank you.

3. I’ll take my chances with a real sparkie thanks. Electricity is too dangerous to leave in the hands of a rank amateur.

4. I would love to see the justification for needing a male fitting “because the pvc is too sharp”. It seems to me that the male fitting manufacturers marketing association handed a few dollars in election contributions to have that little nugget added to the “code”

5. You cant run romex in conduit. You got to peel the jacket and just run the conductors inside the conduit. You are allowed to bury romex but I do not advise it since it can become damaged, flooded, or chewed by rodents. Always a good idea to provide some sort of protection when burying cables. Also a good idea is to paint the pvc conduit as they become brittle with sunlight.

6. Great explanations, and another great video!
   Well done, April!

7. This video was at just the right time as I am getting ready to feed electricity from my old shed to the new garage that is right next to the shed. Watching you do this is the exact same process that I will need. Thank you.

8. Great video

9. Can I hire you?

10. I ran direct burial wire and stayed away from PVC. A little extra work but worth it. You are truly great.????♥️

11. It seems to me that so many content creators avoid showing electrical installations on the videos. However, April you are brave enough to make electrical videos time and time again. Congrats to your “Can Do Spirit “!!! ????????

12. Aside from the glaring code violation involving running interior-rated wiring to an external outlet, we couldn't help but notice that there was no mention of the permitting and inspection process required by most municipalities when making alterations or additions to electrical service panels. Adding circuits to a breaker box isn't quite the same as swapping out a defective light switch, and weekend warriors shouldn't be misled to believe they can run electrical circuits without following proper procedures. Was the Romex dangling from the top of the subpanel at the beginning of the video the wiring you stuffed into the LB, or was that a completely different code violation?

13. do I have to use a fitting or can I just deburr that inside edge ( edit: chamfer not deburr )

14. Hey April,
    Great video. The nice thing about PVC is if you run into this later on with a project again, you could use a heat gun and apply a slight offset off the metal building over the concrete lip into the ground (1:43). By just applying a few minutes of heat along the pipe, you can shape it without any fittings. I used to do this when I was an apprentice electrician years ago, and it would work great on jobs.

15. Funny how you talk to your tools and product your working with. I do the same thing like when the wire comes through I would say well hello you. LOL

16. great video thanks for sharing the tips with the pvc conduit have a great week

17. Awesome video

18. Hi dad! in case you see this

19. just be sure the wire is rated for direct burial

20. you can also use a heatgun to heat the conduit and shape it how you need it. this saves stress on the straps

21. How many feet of rock did you go through?

22. 5:39 Make sure to seal those holes in the sides of the buildings around the conduit.

23. 5:10 A wire fish also helps.

24. 4:55 You can feed the wire through each piece first and then glue it up.

    Also: don't dry fit. It's not worth the hassle of struggling to get them apart.

25. 3:40 In this situation it would have been better to go with a GFCI breaker instead.

26. 1:50 It serves another purpose as you can't have more than 3 bends without a pull box.

27. 1:25 You need to ream the inside of the pipe. The inner edge can damage the wire.

28. I don't think I would ever go less than 24" in the ground unless I couldn't. The deeper the safer, within reason.

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