Hey Evan, you should stop pointing out your mistakes, or your possible future mistakes! You are a very talented guy! You are working to forge a lifestyle that many of us wish we had the nerve to do. That means learning new skills and learning as you go. I’ve watched you fix tractors, fix hay equipment, install a fireplace in the barn, work problems with your pond, raise animals, clean barns, install a beautiful garden, etc. You make some mistakes because you have the guts to try! Keep up the great work! You’re a hero to countless armchair farmers!
Since you didn’t bury a sense wire in your trench, take an arial photo of the trench before the grass grows back in (including the house and shop in the frame) and print it out. At some point you (or your successors) are gonna want to know exactly where the buried conduit is and if there’s a paper copy in your important documents it’ll be great.
@@gusfusses44 - Yeah, I made that argument recently with the permit inspector in my county. Guess who won the argument? I put in tracer cable 12” deep per spec…
@@nohphd If your AHJ requires it is a different argument. my comment wasn't addressing that. It isn't NEC for electrical conduit or at least it didn't used to be but it's definitely required for any fuel lines.
Evan, have you made a diagram or drawing of your property and indicated where you have completed digging jobs? Many decades ago my Dad had problems remembering exactly where he had laid some underground lines from house to pull barn; yes, he accidentally dug into them. After that he sat done and drew out diagram of the 10 acres and about where he had dug and laid electrical and water lines. Love the videos. God bless you and Rebekah always.
I worked as a residential electrician for 10+ years and have army crawled under many porches running conduit. It's not a fun job but will be well worth the time and effort. Beware of snakes and spiders this time of year! Love watching your videos keep up the good work.
Looking good! Are you able to unscrew deck boards so you don’t have to crawl under your porch or are they nailed down? Sure love your little farmstead! You and Rebecca have such a beautiful place. Thanks for sharing it all with us. Great job!
@@Roxyboarder419 My thoughts as well. But he will likely remove the deck boards when he finds that copperhead under there anyway - from the bottom side.
Looks good Evan you did a great job on the back fill what looks to be the hardest part of the project is being under your porch be safe under there thanks for sharing
Nice job, we done a similar one about 4 weeks ago using same size of conduit. Ours was for a fibre cable running from the phone company pole up the lane to the house it's about 180 metres. I installed an 8mm rope as I went and two inspection chambers about every 60 metres. Didn't think of the tape though that was a good idea. The lane seems to have settled now and we plan to finish it of with light stone and quarry dust rolled in.
I don't know if my situation was different but, when I trenched for water and electricity to my shop, I had a low area close to the shop that ran about 30 or so feet and filled with water as quick as I dug it. After laying the conduit and pipe, I just pushed dirt in thinking it wouldn't be an issue but, man, it took quite a while for it to dry out and it was nothing short of a major sink hold for the longest time.
that was really smart to put that second conduit. Nothing worse than having to dig it up again. I did a water line last year and had do go down 5'. Like you, I also used the tractor tire to compact the wet soil and I think it compressed it by about a foot. Little scary but it's effective.
When you were talking about your tape I was thinking to go to the compost pile and put a layer of heavy dark soil. That would be a good marker also. I bet you will be happy to have the other pipe in the ground.
Agree...and why would he not have pulled the wire through before burying the conduit? That way if he had any trouble he wouldn't have to dig the whole thing up? Crazy.
Way to go on the caution tape, I have made mention on several other people's vlogs that locate wires or caution tape would be good when future digging in the areas is needed. One's memory can only go so far.
I used to do cable installation in my younger years. We would always put a rope or wire through the conduit to attach the cable for easier pulling. Unsure if you already did that before burying the conduit. Good luck in getting the wire from the barn to the house. Solar is the way to go for energy.
I have never seen such clay before ! you have an abundance of clay there ! and clay is a commodity that is highly sought after ! I remember one patch of clay in our dirt road as a kid on the ranch that had a 5'x5' patch of white clay I dug up a 5 gal bucket full of it and screened it real good and made all kinds of clay things and took them to school and fired them there ! it was unique ! HA ! right there by the trench is a real good patch ! I wounder how much you could get for selling it by the pound ? it is rare to have such a good clay source ! hard to grow things in it though but you could dig it all up sell it and replace it with good soil ! HA!
I would make a rough drawing of the trench with measurements so would know exactly where it is! The caution tape is a great idea to keep anyone from digging thru it.
Have to say that’s a strong little tractor. Would be very happy to have one of those around the house . 🤗. Re laying conduit , I probably would have pull a draw rope through it as I assembled it and a spare rope with the cable later . And maybe a four inch spare conduit . 🤔. Maybe overkill but better than digging again . Great job digging for a first timer 👍🏻👍🏻
Not sure why you did not fish the wire through the conduit before you laid it in the ground. Anxious to see how you do it. Also that is a great idea to run an extra conduit for future wiring. Thanks for video.
The conduit isn't finished, once it is complete at both ends I will pull it in. It won't be a big deal to pull it in. The conduit is oversized for 100 amp wire.
I think that it would be most interesting to know eventually how much all this process has cost (because I think most folks are frightened to death of the initial capital costs and poor % return on capital) and are somewhat dubious about what the savings and/or income are say per month for a whole year as the panels output will fall significantly in the winter months and expenses (electricity usage) will rise at the same time. Afterall I suspect that many folks can see the benefit of a tractor driven generator when you lose power on those few occasions per year
Hay Evan ! when your trying to get your wires through the 2" conduit use the shop vac and suck a small rope through the conduit first...and then attach the rope to the wires rather than try using a long fish tape.... a small ball that fits inside the 2" conduit will work real good for that... just drill a hole through the ball and stick the rope through and then tie a big knot on that end and then suck the ball through.... alot easier than trying to PUSH a fish tape through or wire.... pulling works alot better for long runs like you have.... just a thought !
@@CountryViewAcres LOL maybe that's where I heard about it ! HA ! cuz I've watched all your video's 2 or 3 times.... just waiting for the ones on the D-17 I love old tractors !
Because you are planning to till the garden, why not clean the manure off that slab at the lower level of the barn and dump it right on your garden? The tiller will break the manure up real nice and combine it with the soil. Kill two birds with one stone! 😊
I like your idea of caution tape over the conduit. Did you run paracord through the conduit to make it easy to chase wires back and forth (for now and the future)? Like one of those old time city clothes lines run between buildings.
use your air compressor to blow out that line in case your joint seals on that conduit were not 100%. With the dirt back, the ground water should average out pretty soon to keep any future seepage at bay.
Maybe next time you need to backfill a trench, rather than picking up dirt and trying to tip it into the trench, go to the other side of the trench and 'pull' dirt in with the back of the bucket?
This 100 meter distance is strictly true in a shared broadcast network environment. Since modern routers are all switched Ethernet instead of shared, this rule is immaterial. Attenuation now becomes the distance limiting factor. More concerning is running Ethernet parallel to power cables. If the power is DC, no problem. If AC, then at the very least use shielded Ethernet cable. Even better would be to use fiber optics. At the apparent distances, multimode fiber optic is fine.
@@CountryViewAcres - at 105 feet plus say 20 feet extra on either end, you could use Cat5/6/whatever if you go the RJ45 route. Honestly, I’d just use a WiFi extender unless the shop construction causes problems. You can get 500 Mbps (simplex) throughput with WiFi. That being said, for ‘cable in the conduit,’ I’d be concerned again with inductive noise from the parallel power cable if the power cable is carrying AC. Also, over the long run, if any moisture gets into the conduit you could have corrosion-based failure with copper network media. Finally, copper media exposes you to some potential ground loop problems and a tiny lightning vulnerability. For cable in the conduit I’d personally go with MMF (multimode fiber) even though upfront the costs are higher and matching the MMF ends with optical ports on your end devices is a massive PITA. I’m using Mikrotex devices because of reasonable device costs, good tech support and a wide variety of interface availability including various MMF connector types. You might need a network weenie assist you configuring the Mikrotek devices though. They are made in Latvia, not Russia.
Progress progress... nice to see another thing checked off your list. I'm eager to see you make the connection and then finish out the workshop area... you were planning on a butcher/shop canning kitchen area? Can't wait to see what you come up with!
Evan, instead of climbing under the porch to finish running the conduit, why not just unscrew 3 or four deck boards and work from the top. Just a thought
Hey Evan, you should stop pointing out your mistakes, or your possible future mistakes! You are a very talented guy! You are working to forge a lifestyle that many of us wish we had the nerve to do. That means learning new skills and learning as you go. I’ve watched you fix tractors, fix hay equipment, install a fireplace in the barn, work problems with your pond, raise animals, clean barns, install a beautiful garden, etc. You make some mistakes because you have the guts to try! Keep up the great work! You’re a hero to countless armchair farmers!
Now use the tiller and bust up the soil and then pack it
Thanks! CVA
Since you didn’t bury a sense wire in your trench, take an arial photo of the trench before the grass grows back in (including the house and shop in the frame) and print it out.
At some point you (or your successors) are gonna want to know exactly where the buried conduit is and if there’s a paper copy in your important documents it’ll be great.
Don't really need a sense wire if there's an electrical cable in there ... for water, yes.
you don't need an extra wire. the wire in the conduit works great for locating the conduit
@@gusfusses44 - Yeah, I made that argument recently with the permit inspector in my county. Guess who won the argument?
I put in tracer cable 12” deep per spec…
@@nohphd If your AHJ requires it is a different argument. my comment wasn't addressing that. It isn't NEC for electrical conduit or at least it didn't used to be but it's definitely required for any fuel lines.
Very good job Evan you no wathe your doing man .have good evening .
Great work. Definitely think it was a good idea to run an extra conduit, while you were doing it. Looking forward to seeing what's next keep it up
Evan, have you made a diagram or drawing of your property and indicated where you have completed digging jobs? Many decades ago my Dad had problems remembering exactly where he had laid some underground lines from house to pull barn; yes, he accidentally dug into them. After that he sat done and drew out diagram of the 10 acres and about where he had dug and laid electrical and water lines. Love the videos. God bless you and Rebekah always.
If you can hard wire - hard wire - save Wifi for necessity - great video thanks
Evan, I think I would take up some of the porch boards to run the wire's, just a thought.👍👏❤️🙏
Looks great Evan have a good day.
Good job on the back filling, I like the idea of using the red hazard tape a foot above the power line, good idea. Thanks Evan, have a good night.
I never thought that this was achievable but you did it. I am so impressed.
nice job,,,,,,, you need to heard the way I talk ... you talk better then I do ...
I worked as a residential electrician for 10+ years and have army crawled under many porches running conduit. It's not a fun job but will be well worth the time and effort. Beware of snakes and spiders this time of year! Love watching your videos keep up the good work.
Looking good! Are you able to unscrew deck boards so you don’t have to crawl under your porch or are they nailed down? Sure love your little farmstead! You and Rebecca have such a beautiful place. Thanks for sharing it all with us. Great job!
That was what I was going to suggest also .Lot easier then trying to get under.
I also came here to suggest removing deck boards.
@@Roxyboarder419 My thoughts as well. But he will likely remove the deck boards when he finds that copperhead under there anyway - from the bottom side.
Thats what I like about my clamshell bucket.
When it is open I have a bulldozer blade.
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I like how easy that backhoe removal is.
Awesome video
good electrician always run spares!
Maybe could have backed in with the tiller and minced the dirt before pushing it in to break it up a bit? Looks like it worked out okay either way.
What I say when I over fill is "It is Plumb...Plumb Full".
Have your bucket filled with soil for wheel packing .
Pump the water out of the trench before backfilling .
Enjoyed your choice of background music while you were backfilling the trench.
Nice job
Great goal accomplished!🎉
Great work as always! Can’t wait to see how the solar goes after using it a while!
You should make a vid where you go over to your
Dads show us around & intro your Dad to us.
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That is VERY SMART! Once you've cut a trench, put in an extra conduit! Everytime, that will become usefull and if you don't you'll wish you did!
Looks good Evan you did a great job on the back fill what looks to be the hardest part of the project is being under your porch be safe under there thanks for sharing
That was a big job. But you never stop😊😊😊p
Nice job, we done a similar one about 4 weeks ago using same size of conduit. Ours was for a fibre cable running from the phone company pole up the lane to the house it's about 180 metres. I installed an 8mm rope as I went and two inspection chambers about every 60 metres. Didn't think of the tape though that was a good idea. The lane seems to have settled now and we plan to finish it of with light stone and quarry dust rolled in.
Well done,now I'm looking forward to the next chapter.
Man, as soon as TYM moves the 2515's loader control to the fender, I'm in.
At tsc you can buy adapter fittings for the diesel can. On my tractor the tank is behind the seat so i use 2 sections of the pipe instead of a funnel.
Doing an Outstanding job, keep up the good work and keep all the great videos coming. A big thank you, from Casey Illinois.
..GOOD JOB, KEEP SAFE...
I use a battery powered gas pump for my riding tracker when the gas can is to heavy.
Use the tiller to break up clods hum
Great work 👍👍
So Exciting!! You are almost done!! Have a Great Evening!! 😀🌻
Looking good🙂
3:32 there goes 20 dollars 😂😂 I do that all the time it seems like .
Great work!
i did something similar to that a few years ago and took an ariel photo with my drone and filed it so i would know exactly where i dug. just a thought
Awesome Even your getting it sorted all most done.
You are doing a GREAT job with bthis Solar install. Goor idea the warning tape. could save future grief . Also the spare conduit. - cheep insurance!
All the best jobs are in crawl spaces!! Good luck and thank you for posting. Love the way you chaps call soil dirt, too/ Best from green and wet UK.
nice job Evan
I don't know if my situation was different but, when I trenched for water and electricity to my shop, I had a low area close to the shop that ran about 30 or so feet and filled with water as quick as I dug it. After laying the conduit and pipe, I just pushed dirt in thinking it wouldn't be an issue but, man, it took quite a while for it to dry out and it was nothing short of a major sink hold for the longest time.
Thx
That caution tape in the trench is a great idea!👍
Good day Evan, can you lift some of the deck boards so you can do the wiring without crawling under the deck ??
Great job looking great keep up the good work love your videos thank you
Great job😉
that was really smart to put that second conduit. Nothing worse than having to dig it up again. I did a water line last year and had do go down 5'. Like you, I also used the tractor tire to compact the wet soil and I think it compressed it by about a foot. Little scary but it's effective.
Some people put the cable before clueing the pipes together
When you were talking about your tape I was thinking to go to the compost pile and put a layer of heavy dark soil. That would be a good marker also. I bet you will be happy to have the other pipe in the ground.
Hey Evan. I would have put a Rabbit wire in the conduit pipe for pulling the wires through. Great idea with the warning tape 1 foot above. Good job.
Agree...and why would he not have pulled the wire through before burying the conduit? That way if he had any trouble he wouldn't have to dig the whole thing up? Crazy.
Hope you put a pull string in that 1 inch conduit.
Way to go on the caution tape, I have made mention on several other people's vlogs that locate wires or caution tape would be good when future digging in the areas is needed. One's memory can only go so far.
good lord ,
it's like the panama canal ,
you exaggerated it a little, lol
You should have that tape about 6 inches down. When you have it that deep good chance you will be ripping up the conduit.
Well done sir... lovely work as usual. Stay safe 🏴
Nice job. You might want to cover the conduit on top at the polebarn to prevent water raining into it. Ready for the next video!
I used to do cable installation in my younger years. We would always put a rope or wire through the conduit to attach the cable for easier pulling. Unsure if you already did that before burying the conduit. Good luck in getting the wire from the barn to the house. Solar is the way to go for energy.
A shop vac will suck twine through, then just pull a pull-cable through with the twine.
Good job! Might be "easier" to take some slats off that deck to get the conduit connected to the house. Looks like fun otherwise!
I have never seen such clay before ! you have an abundance of clay there ! and clay is a commodity that is highly sought after ! I remember one patch of clay in our dirt road as a kid on the ranch that had a 5'x5' patch of white clay I dug up a 5 gal bucket full of it and screened it real good and made all kinds of clay things and took them to school and fired them there !
it was unique ! HA ! right there by the trench is a real good patch ! I wounder how much you could get for selling it by the pound ? it is rare to have such a good clay source ! hard to grow things in it though but you could dig it all up sell it and replace it with good soil ! HA!
Should have gone a little deeper in those trenches! LOL. JK
I would make a rough drawing of the trench with measurements so would know exactly where it is! The caution tape is a great idea to keep anyone from digging thru it.
Have to say that’s a strong little tractor. Would be very happy to have one of those around the house . 🤗. Re laying conduit , I probably would have pull a draw rope through it as I assembled it and a spare rope with the cable later . And maybe a four inch spare conduit . 🤔. Maybe overkill but better than digging again . Great job digging for a first timer 👍🏻👍🏻
Use the backhoe to pack the back field
Not sure why you did not fish the wire through the conduit before you laid it in the ground. Anxious to see how you do it. Also that is a great idea to run an extra conduit for future wiring. Thanks for video.
The conduit isn't finished, once it is complete at both ends I will pull it in. It won't be a big deal to pull it in. The conduit is oversized for 100 amp wire.
I think that it would be most interesting to know eventually how much all this process has cost (because I think most folks are frightened to death of the initial capital costs and poor % return on capital) and are somewhat dubious about what the savings and/or income are say per month for a whole year as the panels output will fall significantly in the winter months and expenses (electricity usage) will rise at the same time.
Afterall I suspect that many folks can see the benefit of a tractor driven generator when you lose power on those few occasions per year
Cap 1” conduit at barn. Really don’t have to glue just put on all way. Keep water out of conduit
"Being done" with something has more than one meaning!
I take it you meant that it was nearly complete? ;o)
Just thinking, a drone video of the electrical ditch may also be beneficial ? Looks good. Glad that you got it in...
Hay Evan ! when your trying to get your wires through the 2" conduit use the shop vac and suck a small rope through the conduit first...and then attach the rope to the wires rather than try using a long fish tape.... a small ball that fits inside the 2" conduit will work real good for that... just drill a hole through the ball and stick the rope through and then tie a big knot on that end and then suck the ball through.... alot easier than trying to PUSH a fish tape through
or wire.... pulling works alot better for long runs like you have.... just a thought !
i have shown the shopvac trick before, when I ran power to the workshop.
@@CountryViewAcres LOL maybe that's where I heard about it ! HA ! cuz I've watched all your video's 2 or 3 times.... just waiting for the ones on the D-17
I love old tractors !
My Koiti tractor I dont have to remove anything to install the backhoe!! Just pull two pins. !
Evan why not remove some of the boards on the porch do your work and replace the board's when you're finished with the installation!👍💕
Paint your electrical conduit black going up the shop. It would blend in nicely and look like a gutter.
Make sure u drop tape to warn there is electric when some one digs again!!
Because you are planning to till the garden, why not clean the manure off that slab at the lower level of the barn and dump it right on your garden? The tiller will break the manure up real nice and combine it with the soil. Kill two birds with one stone! 😊
It always takes more dirt to fill a hole or trench then what you take out.
I like your idea of caution tape over the conduit. Did you run paracord through the conduit to make it easy to chase wires back and forth (for now and the future)? Like one of those old time city clothes lines run between buildings.
use your air compressor to blow out that line in case your joint seals on that conduit were not 100%. With the dirt back, the ground water should average out pretty soon to keep any future seepage at bay.
Maybe next time you need to backfill a trench, rather than picking up dirt and trying to tip it into the trench, go to the other side of the trench and 'pull' dirt in with the back of the bucket?
Being theres that much water in the ground and being close to your shop you may want to consider putting in a drain tile.
Take a few deck boards up and lay the pipe so you don’t need to crawl under it.
Undo the floor boards make it easier
Note that RJ 45 network cable is generally good for only 100 yards. I cannot tell if you are near that limit or not.
This 100 meter distance is strictly true in a shared broadcast network environment. Since modern routers are all switched Ethernet instead of shared, this rule is immaterial. Attenuation now becomes the distance limiting factor. More concerning is running Ethernet parallel to power cables. If the power is DC, no problem. If AC, then at the very least use shielded Ethernet cable. Even better would be to use fiber optics. At the apparent distances, multimode fiber optic is fine.
If I remember correctly I think he said in a previous video the distance was a little over 100 feet.
It ended up being 105 feet long trench
@@CountryViewAcres - at 105 feet plus say 20 feet extra on either end, you could use Cat5/6/whatever if you go the RJ45 route. Honestly, I’d just use a WiFi extender unless the shop construction causes problems. You can get 500 Mbps (simplex) throughput with WiFi.
That being said, for ‘cable in the conduit,’ I’d be concerned again with inductive noise from the parallel power cable if the power cable is carrying AC.
Also, over the long run, if any moisture gets into the conduit you could have corrosion-based failure with copper network media. Finally, copper media exposes you to some potential ground loop problems and a tiny lightning vulnerability.
For cable in the conduit I’d personally go with MMF (multimode fiber) even though upfront the costs are higher and matching the MMF ends with optical ports on your end devices is a massive PITA. I’m using Mikrotex devices because of reasonable device costs, good tech support and a wide variety of interface availability including various MMF connector types. You might need a network weenie assist you configuring the Mikrotek devices though. They are made in Latvia, not Russia.
Progress progress... nice to see another thing checked off your list. I'm eager to see you make the connection and then finish out the workshop area... you were planning on a butcher/shop canning kitchen area? Can't wait to see what you come up with!
How long will it take to break ecen on your complere solar project before you really start saving ?
You should add some Gypsum to the clay
Was porch deck nailed or screwed. Might unscrew a few boards. Screws are easier removed than nails in my mind.
With all that water in the trench yo maybe should have dug another trench down toward the pond and put in drainage.
Could never figure out why you don't pull the wire before you bury the conduit incase you have trouble.
Because "common sense" is neither!
May God bless you both and name of Jesus Christ Amen.
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Evan, instead of climbing under the porch to finish running the conduit, why not just unscrew 3 or four deck boards and work from the top. Just a thought
The deck was built before the walls. I think some of the screws are covered.
When are you going to finish the allis chamber tractor
@@dylanvanduzer1302 not sure. Whenever I get free time.
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I haven't seen the dogs in quite a few videos, are they ok?