Power!
We are getting so close to putting this house up guys! I'm seriously losing my mind at how close we are. We needed to get the power install going because using a generator gets old really fast. The power drop was installed almost 2 years ago, and we've payed our dues on the build site. That being said, it was the logical next step in the process to make the rest of the build go more smoothly.
Where to start? Your power company is going to be the ones who set the guidelines for how the meter goes on your power pole. You can either hire an electrician to do this or if you're remotely handy you can do this yourself. Here's a link to the document that we had to follow, in case you are curious. Once you've gone over the guidelines, it's just time to order your supplies and get cracking!
Supplies & cost for the project
Here is a cost breakdown for the parts we purchased:
The box, ground bus, and adapter for the conduit $175.50
Weather head $18
Conduit $115.50
Power cable to go into conduit $65.50
Brackets to hold conduit to pole $4.16
20 AMP breaker $6.59
GFI receptacle $23.99
Fittings $7.98
wiring for the box $15.99
weatherproof box $14.99
Total cost $448.20
I'm going to say that we paid less than half of what it would cost to hire an electrician for the job. I feel confident in this choice because our install is being looked at by trained professionals, and I'm confident that Mike did a decent job on the project because he knows what he's looking at. If you're curious how much it cost us to have the power drop put in, check out this blog post I did on the power drop.
Conclusion
I really feel like choosing to do this ourselves is going to save us an astronomical amount of money. You can't go wrong, but I'm sure many will tell us that we've lost our minds. Just because we may not know how to do something now, doesn't mean that given the opportunity we can't learn. Part of being a human being is that we are capable of so much more than we realize. You just have to be bold enough to get out there and fail a lot. Try things and fail miserably at them, because you'll learn not just about the subject matter that you're working with. You will also learn so much about who you are and what you're truly capable of.
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