Re: Temporary outdoor electric cable - limitations?

On Tue, 13 May 2003 02:29:47 GMT, M Osborne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>I need to get temporary electrical to our build site.  It is approximately 
>450-500ft from our current house.
>
>The power company will not be out in time for the framer to start his work, 
>so I need to install a temporary run.
>
>Does anyone know what kind of outdoor power cable (type / gauge) I could 
>get that could theoretically supply power for a powered nail gun / 
>compressor, table saw, misc powered tools?
>
>The current circuit I would connect would be 450-500ft away and would be 
>15amp.
>
>Thanks
>Mike
 It makes more sense to me to just rent a good-sized gas generator and
air compressor for a while - any cable you could buy that was large
enough to run that much current that far would cost a lot of $$$. I
think a 4000 watt generator would be about right.

My 2 cents.

John Davies
Spokane WA