Why?

I've wired up the sauna for indoor/outdoor led lights and outlets for convience.

How?

!!! Im not convinced that EMT conduit will survive buried in the ground !!!

• may need to use PVC conduit instead
• will need to dig down to 18" for PVC conduit

I'll dig a trench from the sauna to the house. With metal conduit, I only need to dig to a depth of 6" for code.

• run a single 20amp circuit out to the shed
• there will be a single kill switch wired into a light-switch near the entrance

What depth to dig? → w/ metal conduit 6"

What metal conduit to use? → EMT

What guage wire to use? → 12/2

What diameter of metal conduit to use? → 3/4" EMT

• why? there is a max fill percentage that takes into account the need to dissipate heat

What length of wire from house to sauna? → ~100ft

Digging Notes

• what does it feel like to dig to 18in?
  • do I want to rent a trencher?
    • https://www.homedepot.com/p/rental/Ground-Hog-Trencher-18-T-4-HS18/316822181 URL: https://www.homedepot.com/p/rental/Ground-Hog-Trencher-18-T-4-HS18/316822181
    • https://www.homedepot.com/p/rental/Barreto-Manufacturing-Inc-Hydraulic-Trencher-18-E712MTH/316822141 URL: https://www.homedepot.com/p/rental/Barreto-Manufacturing-Inc-Hydraulic-Trencher-18-E712MTH/316822141

Drilling Thru Structural Brick

• what tool to use for this?
  • can I get buy with my drill and a masonry bit?
    • what length of bit → what is the depth of the brick?

Materials

• ~150' of 3/4" EMT conduit
• ~150' of 12/2 wire
• 1x 20amp breaker
• 2x j-box (elbow from building down to conduit)
• connections from j-box to conduit...?

Next Steps

• This will allow me to finally close up the walls in the changeing room of the sauna
• This project will require me to breakup some of the asphalt in the driveway to run the conduit, this is inspire me to do other work in that area removing more of the asphalt to make way for the pergola

References

🌱 Projects

May 22, 2023

Current things that bring me joy to work on

🍉 Watermelon Long

Jun 2, 2023

Gin, lemon, watermelon, and seltzer

🍹 Cocktails

Dirty, sweaty, and misquito bitten, from digging the trench to run power out to the sauna. I wanted something as refreshing as a Tom Collins.