Temp power

[laketime]

What do you guys usually install for temp power on a SFD. The meter is going to be about 400' from the house and the customer wants temp power close to the site during construction.

 

[480sparky]

Is the permanent service going to be overhead or underground?

If the latter, trench in the service conductors, leaving enough extra to reach the permanent service once it's built, and use that to feed your temp.

 

[Rewire]

I have two setups one for overhead and one for underground. The poco wants both to be as close to the transformer as possible but will give a little on overhead spans on underground temps they must be at the transformer pad. our poco supplies and pulls the underground and will only connect to the permenate meter.

 

[macmikeman]

Furthest our poco will run temp power without additional charges is 80 ft in from last point of attachment at street side. At 400 feet in I would suggest a "temporary" gas generator, or cordless tools.

 

[laketime]

well i think POCO will run underground to meter at property line then we will trench to the house (400') and leave enough conductor to make it to house for permanent power. Should I just put a load center on a post with some receps?

 

[walkerj]

I would install a panel there with the intention of it being permanent in anticipation of an electric gate or landscape lights at the front of the property.

Run your 2 1/2" conduit for your service conductors and a 1 1/2" conduit for temp power.

Pull in some 6/3 SER for your temp and pull it out when not needed and use it on the next job

 

[480sparky]

well i think POCO will run underground to meter at property line then we will trench to the house (400') and leave enough conductor to make it to house for permanent power. Should I just put a load center on a post with some receps?

That's what I would do. 4-6 20a breakers with GFCIs.

 

[laketime]

I would install a panel there with the intention of it being permanent in anticipation of an electric gate or landscape lights at the front of the property.

Run your 2 1/2" conduit for your service conductors and a 1 1/2" conduit for temp power.

Pull in some 6/3 SER for your temp and pull it out when not needed and use it on the next job

good idea....

 

[hurk27]

Here we install the service of the house even if the house is not built yet, the contractor will put up the wall it will go on, and we install the service, inspector will give us a service release after it is inspected, and POCO will run permeate laterals to it, and after the house is complete it becomes the house service.

This was started about 15 years ago when the POCO started charging a very large deposits on temps because of getting stiffed to many times, by travaling contractors, so we went to the state to allow the service for the house to be allowed to be used as the temp, this way the bill rolls over to the house even if the contractor leaves town.

But if not under roof then we have to build a small roof over them of cover them with plastic.