Underground wire size question

[pinetree10]

Yeah you have to run stranded wire in conduit. Lowes and Home Depot sell lots of wire but you can always go to an electrician supply house in your area if you have questions you want answered or if you want a more specialized product not found in the big box home improvement stores. I bought my fluorescent light fixtures at the supply house because they sell a higher quality product.

Romex is for interior residential use and cannot be put inside conduit. You could bury underground wire but I'm not a fan of that because shovels and rocks can damage it a lot easier than they can damage PVC conduit. There's nothing wrong with going bigger and putting in a sub panel out there but only you know what you need. If you think you'll want more than one circuit or might want a 240 volt heater or a welder or something, the single circuit thing I did won't work. Good luck.

 

[TCJatko]

The MINIMUM with voltage drop calcs should be 4/0 with a #2 ground wire. Depending on the stove, dryer and heat pump you may notice lights dim. If it was me I'd be thinking about #250 or #500 and a 1/0 ground.

Either way I'd run 3" sch 40 PVC. Calcs would allow for 2 1/2" for the smallest wire, but with that run WHY......

This all assumes THHN/THHW copper wire.

Be prepared to handle that size length and number of wires. It may be easiest to rig something to hold the spool/spools. Also plan on renting a wench. This is a multiple person job.
Had the utility set the meter and transformer near the house you would save a lot of hassle. They would run 1 wire up to the transformer.

For entertaining the workers?

 

[RNeumann]

Oh classic! Can I spell or what! I believe I need to do this - *winch

 

[TemporaryKubotaOwnerMark]

Okay, lets get this straight:

This is a wench:

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This is a winch:

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Maybe you think the spelling doesn't matter, but try bringing home a new wench instead of a new winch and see what your wife has to say about it.

Any questions?

 

[buickanddeere]

Okay, lets get this straight:

This is a wench:

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That is a good wench however the term is not as praiseworthy as it should be quote "
This is a winch:

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Maybe you think the spelling doesn't matter, but try bringing home a new wench instead of a new winch and see what your wife has to say about it.

Any questions?

wench
historically a non-derrogatory word for a woman who was not a lady. thus a waitress in times of yore was a "serving wench." more modernly synonymous with b i t c h or s l u t but slightly less offensive
Call over the one of the kitchen wenches, i must needs have more ale. " Unquote. Urban dictionary .

Personally I think the definition should be updated to something with all due positive respect.