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Power to Tiny House

8 years ago

I need to get power to my tiny house. I would like to go overhead temporarily as I remodel my main house. Can I use direct burial rated wire overhead until get to a place where I can put the power underground? It will be a few years of this wire used overhead. It will travel 200 +/- ft. and be on a 40 amp gfi breaker

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User
8 years ago
You need to ask your local codes office or an electrician.
corwinswan
8 years ago
Tiny solar panel.
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weedmeister
8 years ago
At 200', there will be poles to hold it up along the way?

You'll need a cable rated for UV exposure.

40 amps at that distance will be fairly large. Someone here can work out the loss. Also, 120v/240v or just 120v?
onobed
8 years ago
Will you be living in the tiny house or just spending time there?

What state and city?
Thank you

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