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300ft run for power to shed?
I need to go as cheap as possible. LOL, who doesn't think like that these days when it comes to the price of wire.
What I want to do it get power to my shed. From the panel in the house, it's about 300ft. I'd love to have 120/240 there, but I can get by with 120.
Here's the issue. So far, everything I've tried to run, runs fine on an extension cord, but I'm being told, I need to install some super thick wire. Being that the extension cords are on 12 awg, why can't I get away with using something like 10-3 UF? Does the voltage drop that much?
BTW, what wire is used for a submersed 240v well pump?? Is it 10/3 or 8/3? I ask because my well pump is about 300ft from the panel, and it runs fine and I guess it meets code.
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