geting electric in for agri

vinnie13

hi guys just woundering if anyone has got the lecky in for agri purpose?there is houses within 50m so power is right beside the site.
what was involved and roughly how much it cost?
can i do any of it myself ie.the base and housing for meter?

Conmaicne Mara

Cost to install will be around €1800. I didn't go for it so forgot the other details, only wanted it for an electric fence.

vinnie13

crikey thats steep i taught could have got it in for 6-700

thanks

case 956

put it in last yr transformer and all, 1800... u need to get a digger in and dig for esb ducting and lay ducting with rope going through each end

Conmaicne Mara

vinnie13 wrote: »

crikey thats steep i taught could have got it in for 6-700

thanks

So did I, I got a solar panel charger for the fencer instead.

Timmaay

Our 2nd yard just has power for the well, which is about 100m away from the shed. I wouldn't mind getting power/lights etc into those sheds, anyone know the process of getting that supply upgraded from a low amp fixed charge to a more standard supply? Would the existing wires from the transformer usually be ok, or would I be charged a similar figure as quoted above to upgrade?

Timmaay

case 956 wrote: »

put it in last yr transformer and all, 1800... u need to get a digger in and dig for esb ducting and lay ducting with rope going through each end

Hmm if youman is 50m away from a house, surely they can take a line off the existing transformer?

J.O. Farmer

We brought power about 100m from the house to the sheds about 15-20 years ago. All we did was lay underground armoured cable. We have a separate fuse box in the sheds but the source is the house.
We didn't need the ESB or a second meter. For accounting purposes all electricity is for the farm with a percentage deducted for personal use. That is fine with us as we don't have milking machines and the like going every day.

jomoloney

Timmaay wrote: »

Our 2nd yard just has power for the well, which is about 100m away from the shed. I wouldn't mind getting power/lights etc into those sheds, anyone know the process of getting that supply upgraded from a low amp fixed charge to a more standard supply? Would the existing wires from the transformer usually be ok, or would I be charged a similar figure as quoted above to upgrade?

is this a metered supply or a fixed standing charge

Timmaay

jomoloney wrote: »

is this a metered supply or a fixed standing charge

Fixed standing

vinnie13

Timmaay wrote: »

Hmm if youman is 50m away from a house, surely they can take a line off the existing transformer?

the house and my bit of ground are on the roadside and ajoining il have a look and see of the transformer is on my side of their driveway..its prob a standard connection fee though maybe?

no problem of diggin out for ducting i can do that myself lay the cable etc and no problem to get a electrition to connect anything on my side.

handing over 1800 yoyo's is going to kill me but i guess im just going to have to grrr