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cost of underground cable

  • 18-09-2013 9:45pm
    #1
    Tomjim
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,362 ✭✭✭


    how much is underground per metre cable I need to bring from the shed to a pump house for a well circa 50 /60 metres . The new power point will only be required to provide power to a pump for water


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  • #2
    Sharpshooter82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,825 ✭✭✭Sharpshooter82


    it depends on the strength such as 3 or 4 core SWA cable, im no expert but it can be expensive enough. For some reason 5 euro a metre is in my head but could be wrong


  • #3
    Dampintheattic
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    Tomjim wrote: »
    how much is underground per metre cable I need to bring from the shed to a pump house for a well circa 50 /60 metres . The new power point will only be required to provide power to a pump for water


    Quoted €4.60 meter recently, for 10 sq, three core underground cable.
    You MIGHT get away with 6 square, but check with a sparky (one who knows, that is) The voltage drop over 60 meters in the lighter cable, might not be good, over the long term for your pump motor.


  • #4
    Sharpshooter82
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    i put in a 4 core SWA cable to a pump house last year that was 100m away. I put in a light and a few double sockets too for good measure


  • #5
    bob charles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,343 ✭✭✭bob charles


    Dampintheattic wrote: »
    Quoted €4.60 meter recently, for 10 sq, three core underground cable.
    You MIGHT get away with 6 square, but check with a sparky (one who knows, that is) The voltage drop over 60 meters in the lighter cable, might not be good, over the long term for your pump motor.

    I would got with 10sq. I done a pump 250m from lectic and put in 16sq. cost an arm and a leg


  • #6
    paddy147
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    4 euro 40 cents - 4 euro 50 cents per meter is about the going price for 3 core 10sq SWA at the moment.


    External diameter of it would be around 19mm.


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  • #7
    lakill Farm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,735 ✭✭✭lakill Farm


    then ad in €20 for a pick and €25 for a shovel :D

    I have used that armour cable stuff in a few places here. Hit it and a 1/2 water pipe in March that i had layed 2 years ago. I can report the breaker switch all worked :eek:. Im a danger on a digger :)


  • #8
    paddy147
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    lakill Farm wrote: »
    then ad in €20 for a pick and €25 for a shovel :D

    I have used that armour cable stuff in a few places here. Hit it and a 1/2 water pipe in March that i had layed 2 years ago. I can report the breaker switch all worked :eek:. Im a danger on a digger :)



    Thats what red ESB/electrical ducting is for.

    You also install warning tape in the trench and you also back fill with at least 4-5 inches of gravel/grit over the underground utilities...so that when you dig down and you see the grit/gravel comming up,you know you are close to underground utilities.


    Also SWA should be installed 600mm below ground for safety purposes.


  • #9
    Sharpshooter82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,825 ✭✭✭Sharpshooter82


    lakill Farm wrote: »
    then ad in €20 for a pick and €25 for a shovel :D

    I have used that armour cable stuff in a few places here. Hit it and a 1/2 water pipe in March that i had layed 2 years ago. I can report the breaker switch all worked :eek:. Im a danger on a digger :)

    You ain't coming around my place


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