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No story Pat. Sorry. Just spent enough time horsing the tiller around at the end of the rows to know you need some room. Of course, a mental note to turn the fence OFF before starting to rototill...

We used to have a large garden and protected it from deer with a high electric fence. We used the wide yellow and white stainless steel enbedded 'tape' for the fence, instead of wire. Most places...

If it was me, I'd wire it myself. If you are planing on feeding it from the home, a 60 amp panel is plenty big, unless you are thinking BIG workshop. Put in a 100 amp if you will be going the new...

Another thing, most garages and barns are required to have ground fault protection devices on all outlets. There is also a minimum height from the floor for outlets, because of the posibility of...

I don't know how your inspectors operate in Canada, but where I live, the home owner can do the work. The wiring from the pole/transformer is still the power companies work. Your best bet in any...

I should add, the cable sizes suggested by that link are for a 'free air' copper conductor. If you go direct burial underground cable, you usually go up one size because of conductor heating. You...

Your final decision about running from the house or from the power pole will depend on how much current you will plan on using in the future in your barn. If you plan only to use some lighting and...

Pat, speaking of critter lights..I put a motion detector in my garden hooked up to several timers, two red high-powered flashers, and an industrial buzzer [controled by an ON-OFF timer to go...

I'd also suggest having a couple incadescent bulbs on motion detectors in each area/floor for light to walk by when you are just passing thru. Gets pretty dark inside a closed up barn.

A few user notes, if you are interested.
1- The unit is fairly easy to install. And it operates the door quickly and smoothly.
2- It works on my 10 foot door, while they do not recommend it for...

The Lowes # was 200394, and it was $257 on 6/05/04 when I bought it. It was a stock item at the time, but you can get them to special order one if they don't stock it in your local store. They are...

I put one of these openers on a 10' rollup door on my barn. I got it from Lowes. The company makes two versions of this door opener, one for their door, and one for the other brands. I had to move...

Thanks, I'll slice off a piece and take it to the Tractor Supply in Gaylord and see. They don't list hardly anything on their website that is in their catalog. All I need is a little bit. It's...

Howdy, I'm finally going to address the rusty panel bottoms where the last owner had piled dirt up on the front siding of my barn. I've decided to just chop off the bottom three inches of the...

I have a few metal panels on the front side of my barn that the previous owner had put dirt/sod up a few inches. The moisture and acidity of the soil has rusted the panels in a few spots. I was...

The setup I have is just something I made up. It's made out of a little Allen-Bradley digital timer and a lighting contactor with heavy-duty contacts. The box is just an old firebox with an acrylic...

I had a job once helping adjust power factor on some 5000volt compressors once in the middle of the night. The motors were about 20 feet in diameter and the dual horizontal pistons were about two...

The phone is going to be relocated to the area I walled off last fall for a work area. It's pretty low on the priority list right now. I'm still unpacking, wacking trees, and planting grass. ...

Here is a picture of what I have in my barn now, I haven't had time to pipe anything into my workshop area yet. The black box on the end is a circuit that kills the power to the compressor if it...

(If you use air to blow off the floor, try to remember to use a disposable paper face mask.)

If you have a plug at the bottom of your tank, you can mount your tank on a wall and use this outlet...

When you get your trench dug, it doesn't cost much to lay in a 1" electrical PVC pipe in case you want to add phone or security wires in the future. Just a thought.

I highly recommend that anyone wishing to do electrical work, spend the small amount of money, and humble thyself, and go talk to your local inspector. There are reasons why they want you to put in...

There are lots of kinds of main-breakered 'load centers'. Some have breakers that can be swapped out, and some don't. I wouldn't worry about it having a main, unless your inspector asks for it. ...

I've seen 60's. But most breakers go 40,50,70, & 100.

If you go with aluminum wire, make sure that all your lugs are rated for aluminum [ AL ]. Most newer breaker/lugs are dual rated for both aluminum and copper [ AL/CU ]. Also, be real carefull not...