We have a "wierd" shaped lot with the house on the main part and are working on a variance to build a garage and workspace on the "flagpole" part. The lot borders on two streets. It's basically a big corner lot that has had a smaller corner lot carved out of it.
I'm kicking around ideas on power for the new building and would love to hear some opinions.
We currently don't have any kind of generator and the power goes out frequently around these parts due to old trees. With the new garage, I'd like to get a generator and would like to be able to support some circuits in both buildings.
To power the garage building, I've two choices: add a 2nd electrical service from the "other" street that the garage will be adjacent to or run an underground line up from the house.
I might add that when the power goes out around here, it's often on one street or the other, not both. That is, there appears to be two circuits. So I wonder if having two separate "feeds" would offer sufficient redundancy to forgo the generator?
Obviously, if I wanted a generator up at the garage, I'd need the underground line in any case, but perhaps as a backup vs. the primary power source.
The garage/workspace would use electric for heating and cooling and will likely house a small office with computer gear.
I'd expect to trench at least some low voltage to network the two buildings together and hope to run them off the existing Elk M1 in the house.
Any thoughts on high voltage designs or things to look for or avoid?
Thanks.
I'm kicking around ideas on power for the new building and would love to hear some opinions.
We currently don't have any kind of generator and the power goes out frequently around these parts due to old trees. With the new garage, I'd like to get a generator and would like to be able to support some circuits in both buildings.
To power the garage building, I've two choices: add a 2nd electrical service from the "other" street that the garage will be adjacent to or run an underground line up from the house.
I might add that when the power goes out around here, it's often on one street or the other, not both. That is, there appears to be two circuits. So I wonder if having two separate "feeds" would offer sufficient redundancy to forgo the generator?
Obviously, if I wanted a generator up at the garage, I'd need the underground line in any case, but perhaps as a backup vs. the primary power source.
The garage/workspace would use electric for heating and cooling and will likely house a small office with computer gear.
I'd expect to trench at least some low voltage to network the two buildings together and hope to run them off the existing Elk M1 in the house.
Any thoughts on high voltage designs or things to look for or avoid?
Thanks.