sodamo
Super Star Member
- Joined
- May 20, 2004
- Messages
- 15,618
- Location
- Big Island, HI
- Tractor
- LS XR4140H (Mine) BX2380 (wife’s)
I mentioned in my thread concerning the control valve that I would post pics of my trench work, so here goes
The project is to connect the electrical from my cottage to the main house. Rough measure is about 375 feet of wire. I will bury two, 2 inch conduits in about 300 feet of trench. Only intend to run cable in one conduit, #2 copper. My purpose is to consolidate my solar PV systems from 2 to 1. I can add the PV panels from the cottage to my house system and eliminate the batteries, charger, inverter at the cottage, simplifying maintenance.
My biggest concern was getting across my drive, which is an old cane haul road. I've placed gate posts in it over the years and always a massive hole due to the rock. I didn't expect a reasonable dig with my backhoe but was pleasantly surprised.
So here are some shorts of that work. 20 ft of rigid conduit across the drive at 4ft depth. Some concrete and sand. PVC conduit attached to traverse the on traffic areas. I also added a 3 inch PVC for future use
So this is a 40 foot run I decided to use a pull box each side of the drive.






The project is to connect the electrical from my cottage to the main house. Rough measure is about 375 feet of wire. I will bury two, 2 inch conduits in about 300 feet of trench. Only intend to run cable in one conduit, #2 copper. My purpose is to consolidate my solar PV systems from 2 to 1. I can add the PV panels from the cottage to my house system and eliminate the batteries, charger, inverter at the cottage, simplifying maintenance.
My biggest concern was getting across my drive, which is an old cane haul road. I've placed gate posts in it over the years and always a massive hole due to the rock. I didn't expect a reasonable dig with my backhoe but was pleasantly surprised.
So here are some shorts of that work. 20 ft of rigid conduit across the drive at 4ft depth. Some concrete and sand. PVC conduit attached to traverse the on traffic areas. I also added a 3 inch PVC for future use
So this is a 40 foot run I decided to use a pull box each side of the drive.





