Toby Lawrence

@coding_corgi my girlfriend :P

enjoyed the nice day

did some grilling, though. played some card and sipped on some nice drinks outside with the lady

:P newp

indeedy

hai

simple and more community support than anything else on that list

just get an arduino

although you make it sound like they simply don't exist :P

I mean, I've sourced Maxim parts without issue, albeit not in large qtys

well, in India, maybe

@coding_corgi if you're gonna do something, do it right :)

but the backyard is like 25% weeds/crabgrass and 75% dirt so I want to dig and then put down some new grass, so no pouring concrete for me

if you run the conduit under concrete of like... 3" or 4" thickness minimum, you only have to bury like 6" below the concrete

it'll be 18" below grade, though, so they'd have to be digging pretty far

so anyone digging can't miss it

@ThePhoton yeah, I plan on getting some "danger - electrical conduit below" crime scene style tape to lay above the conduit at 6" intervals

bbiab

anyways, heading out to get some stuff to make lunch

it'll be buried deep, too, so harder to unintentionally hit

@ThePhoton yeah, and honestly, it gives upgradability by still having room in the pipe

@coding_corgi with the two hots, I'll have 240V service in the garage :P

gotta do #6 THHN wires for the two hots/neutral and a #10 for the ground

@ThePhoton there is, but not for the 50A feeder I want to put in :P

@ThePhoton oh sure, it's pretty straight forward... wires in a thick PVC pipe, hard to mess up

but that's just a wild guess

my feeling is close(r) to Miami

honestly, she/her husband moved down there for work, and they are both latin/dominican or something

oh, where is she in FL? no idea

we're in dedham

and they wouldn't have a clue if they looked up at the beams in the basement and saw the new wiring

her daughter is like 30 - 40 minutes away but she never checks in or anything

@ThePhoto landlord lives in FL, and we're in MA

gotta worry about drain points for the conduit, properly sizing the feeder breaker, grounding, etc

@ThePhoton I dunno, I wouldn't agree with that. we're talking about burying individual conductors underground and feeding a subpanel vs just stapling up some new romex

:P

but I've seen the win/win/win episode :P

@coding_corgi no, a feeder branch, it's the term for bringing power out of a load center to another load center in a detached structure

@coding_corgi not religiously, but a bit

she's not fond of me digging a trench out in the backyard

I also want to put a feeder out to the detached garage, but I have to get that one past the SO

hehe

everybody wins

she doesn't know, but I can rest easier knowing it's not a safety issue

so I spent the money, did it myself and most importantly, did it right

it's mostly just how I am... I'd rather spend the money myself to redo a few lights in the basement than try and bring it up to the landlord. we don't own the house, but I hate the idea of being let down if I brought it up

I would have to put back the not up to code stuff to gain that leverage back :P

so I've probably lost any leverage I have based on that alone

@coding_corgi well, because at this point, I've added new wiring

and I don't want to be in a tenuous position with our landlord