farm wiring

[eric]

I need to feed a machine shed about 800 feet away from a 100 amp single phase sub panel in another barn. Enroute to this shed i need to feed 2 small chicken coops and one small hog barn. Total load will be no more than 30 amps. I would like to run 1 aught al from the sub panel to the machine shed. At each chicken coop and hog barn I would set a 2 circut panel, at the machine shed would be a 6 or 8 circut panel.This panel would be back fed with a 30 amp breaker and the breaker in the main sub panel would also be a 30 amp breaker. To me this seems the most logical way , any body else have any ideas

 

[bphgravity]

Re: farm wiring

I would review Article 547 and specifically section 547.9. There are many grounding and bonding issues that need to be considered when dealing with livestock, such as bonding of equipotential planes. (547.10)

Also, 1/0 is actually 1 naught.

 

[charlie b]

Re: farm wiring

Aught noun. A cipher (0); zero.

Source: The Random House College Dictionary. 1980 (OK, so I haven?t been in college for a while.)

 

[charlie b]

Re: farm wiring

Here?s another one from the same dictionary:

Naught noun. A cipher (0); zero.

Go figure! :roll:

 

[bphgravity]

Re: farm wiring

My dictionary shows 4 variations for the same definition:

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• <font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">naught</font>

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• <font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">ought</font>

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So, I guess one would be correct using any of the above designators. I'll stick with "0".