DIY Pole Barn Construction #26: Installing Electric | 200 amp panel, conduit, outlets, lights.

[@chefjaredmiller]

First video I've watched of yours, but dang what great team work! Your wife is one hell of a hype lady! Love to see it and great work, subscribed for more!

[@CollinsCountry]

Wow thanks very much. She is the most encouraging person in my life and I love it. Also not afraid to help me either. Lol

[@plumbbuild6517]

Great looking job

[@CollinsCountry]

Thanks!

[@rongreen8485]

Looks good... Just finished our 30x50 pole building, now its time for lights and outlets.

[@CollinsCountry]

Thanks. And good for you! That is awesome!

[@laurijorgenson6683]

Beautiful! Really nice work. Thanks for sharing.

[@CollinsCountry]

+Lauri Jorgenson Thank you! We are very proud of the finished product!

[@shiftnsix]

Great comment on the lighting before concrete. The better the lighting during the pour the better the overall finish.

[@CollinsCountry]

+@shiftnsix agreed! :) Thanks!

[@ethanwanzek2603]

Awsome!

[@CollinsCountry]

+Ethan Wanzek Thank you!!!! :)

[@michaelmiller7378]

Great video! What size EMT conduit and wire did you use?

[@CollinsCountry]

I used all 12AWG with mostly 3/4 EMT

[@MySliceOfHeavenoutdoors]

Great Job, We are looking for some pole barn lights, Are you guys still happy with these? They looked very bright.

[@CollinsCountry]

Yes we are. I love them. Plenty of light to see. Highly recommend

[@gm4everman]

I'm preparing to wire up my pole barn. I appreciate this helpful video. Just a couple of questions: Why did you bend the conduit down behind every 6x6? Also, why did you hang the outlet boxes down off the horizontal boards and not mount them up higher?

[@CollinsCountry]

Hello. Thanks for watching our video. There is other ways you can accomplish running electric than exactly how I did it but because I used EMT pipe is why I did what you ask. The boxes lined up better if I offset them and it allowed me to be able to bend a saddle to go around the 6x6. I did not want to drill my posts.

[@gm4everman]

I see now. If you put the boxes up higher, you would have to get down below that board and still bend around the post. The video was a bit deceiving because it looked like the conduit bent down when it really just bends back behind the post. I plan on running EMT myself. Thanks again!@@CollinsCountry

[@bonnon0brian]

Did you need conduet? Is that always going to be exposed?

[@bonnon0brian]

Either way looks great!

[@CollinsCountry]

No conduit wasn’t necessary but I knew I wasn’t going to cover it up for quite some time. And I do think it looks good too.

[@CollinsCountry]

+@bonnon0brian It will be closed once concrete is done:) It’s the next video or maybe the one after that lol

[@robertwikeljr-1522]

Just a thought -- don't know if your electric provider has a "demand multiplier" at the power meter tie in, But by throwing the switches on together or quick succession some companies have a way of "upping" your rates due to "high surge demand" or what ever "catchy" term they can come up with.

[@CollinsCountry]

lol. I wouldn’t doubt that for a second.

[@matafdo123]

High tall are the post?

[@CollinsCountry]

@@matafdo123 14 foot out of the ground.

[@daveotterness7823]

First, I'm not a licensed electrician. But why did you only use a 3-wire feed to your barn? Where I am we have to have both a 4-wire feed plus ground rod(s) at the outbuilding. The way you wired it don't you have neutral and ground bonded in two places now (main service panel and this new panel)?

[@CollinsCountry]

Thanks for the question. I believe this was acceptable when I was in school. There has to be 2 bonded areas of ground and neutral to tie it together but after quick research this does not seem acceptable for todays NEC. I’m going back to the drawing board. Quite possible I need to run a 4th conductor and separate neutral and ground at the shop. I need to get answers for this as it is now really bugging me. Lol. This setup with the “through lug meter panel” might have different rules in the NEC. Thanks again.

[@bradleylb5003]

@@CollinsCountry Dave is correct. You were supposed to pull a ground wire from the main and drive two ground rods at the new building. You'll also have to have a panel that doesn't bond the ground to the neutral. You also either need to mount the panel outside or have an outside disconnecting means. To be 100% up to code everything is supposed to be AFCI/GFCI protected too. Good job on your conduit. I would have just run MC cable though. Not trying to nitpick ya, just a little help from someone that's done these and had them inspected in different municipalities. Good luck!

[@CollinsCountry]

@@bradleylb5003 yea thanks for the advice. I’m working on correcting. I have the two ground rods in already just need to run the ground from meter panel and separate bond. I do have a disconnect at the meter base for the barn though.

[@terraintactic]

This is only correct if this panel is fed from a sub panel after a service disconnect. This setup is perfectly acceptable if the URD was ran as service entrance conductors (such as double lugged off a 320A meter socket) and the panel here is the first means of disconnect (service disconnect) for this accessory structure.

[@purduephotog]

@@CollinsCountryGood on you for doing the follow up and fixing it. Too many rules are written in blood and you've got a great family out there to protect. Wish I had the space and time.

[@tinoslaponi8514]

Very informative, thank you. Is he an electrician?

[@CollinsCountry]

James went to school for industrial electrical systems but actually works at a utility company as a controls system technician.

[@tinoslaponi8514]

@CollinsCountry that explains it. He's way too comfortable around all that electricity. 😄

[@CollinsCountry]

@@tinoslaponi8514 Thanks for watching!!

[@steveinaz78]

It doesn't look like you grounded your metal boxes to your green ground wire? .

[@CollinsCountry]

As long as you are bonded correctly you can use the EMT as your approved ground.

[@mikew9468]

@@CollinsCountryYou should have pulled a ground.

[@jamesdannelly6760]

In case the concrete guys work late? What planet are you on😂

[@CollinsCountry]

+@jamesdannelly6760 😆 they did work late! I was impressed!