jeff43222
Senior Member
- Location
- Minneapolis, Minnesota
I did a service upgrade a couple months ago (overhead to underground), and the HO recently contacted me and said the PoCo will be out tomorrow to run the new service wires to the meter. HO has asked the PoCo to leave their trench open so I can use it to put in a UF feeder cable for the detached garage. I don't know of anything in the code that prohibits doing this, but I've never been asked to do this before, so I'm not sure.
I'm hesitant at this point, mainly because the PoCo wires will be coming in from one corner of the property next to the alley, but the garage abuts the other corner of the property. Even if I did this, the UF feeder would only make it about halfway to the garage, and another trench would have to be dug from the PoCo trench to the garage to get the feeder to it. I really don't want to do any digging/trenching near the PoCo's live wires.
Suggestions?
I'm hesitant at this point, mainly because the PoCo wires will be coming in from one corner of the property next to the alley, but the garage abuts the other corner of the property. Even if I did this, the UF feeder would only make it about halfway to the garage, and another trench would have to be dug from the PoCo trench to the garage to get the feeder to it. I really don't want to do any digging/trenching near the PoCo's live wires.
Suggestions?