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    Advice for my first big job

    Oh, re your question about the number of pads: I only have 3 pads for my 1300ft. However, the power actually stops another 1000 feet away along my right of way through a failed subdivision (a casualty of the real estate bubble). They never pulled the power cables through half of the the...
  2. M

    Advice for my first big job

    Yup First Energy is the new company for me as well. It looks like your diagram shows the "old" method. Concrete pad with a cutout in the middle, sitting on top of a gravel base. That's how I originally designed mine. After they became First Energy, the specs changed to use a plastic box that...
  3. M

    Advice for my first big job

    Looking good, sounds like you are really close now. 1) If you need a little incentive to finish -- get it done before the electric company changes the specs on you for the transformer pads. My elec co got bought out mid-project, and I ended up having to redo 7! pads (including 4 that weren't...
  4. M

    Advice for my first big job

    How's it going overall on the project? You mentioned that you were kinda losing steam but getting close to the end....you think you'll be ready to make the final sprint in the spring?
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    Advice for my first big job

    Ah ok -- I'm in the Harpers Ferry area, so looks like you're about 90 miles west of me. I've got about 1300 ft of conduit in for the utilities, working on detached garage now with plans to build house over the next year. Other than the main driveway, I've been doing all the clearing and...
  6. M

    Advice for my first big job

    Great work -- lots of fun reading the thread. Where is your property located? I'm in eastern WV working on a similar project and wondered how far away you are from me.
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