Dock water and power

[arse_sidewards]

You're looking at yachts and going to bitch about cheap parts like that?

I don't think you'll have a boat for long.

He didn't get to the point of looking at yachts by listening to every idiot who said to hire it out.

 

[arse_sidewards]

So if it were me.
I would call the electrician. Find out the best way to handle it. Then i would see if i could shave their labor down by doing the grunt work. No reason to pay them to trench wire from the house to the dock and run conduit down it. Leave it all stubbed out where they tell you to put it, then pay them to come and land your pedestal\wire transformers\hook it to the house.
You save money doing the idiot work, but still get an electrician hooking it up safely and doing all the maths.

The cost of wire vs the cost of transformers is just going to come down to how much power you want.

If the electrician is anything like the mechanics on IBB he'll charge you more for denying him the opportunity to do the whole job any not warranty it.

 

[Chevy_man]

He didn't get to the point of looking at yachts by listening to every idiot who said to hire it out.

Maybe.

Remember who we're dealing with. Birds are outsmarting him.

 

[2big bronco]

I dont know shit about fuck but would there be any money in renting your dock out nightly with power, water, and wifi?

 

[CarterKraft]

I dont know shit about fuck but would there be any money in renting your dock out nightly with power, water, and wifi?

There is money in renting slips at popular marinas I found that out this Spring in Orange Beach.

 

[WTF?]

So if it were me.
I would call the electrician. Find out the best way to handle it. Then i would see if i could shave their labor down by doing the grunt work. No reason to pay them to trench wire from the house to the dock and run conduit down it. Leave it all stubbed out where they tell you to put it, then pay them to come and land your pedestal\wire transformers\hook it to the house.
You save money doing the idiot work, but still get an electrician hooking it up safely and doing all the maths.

The cost of wire vs the cost of transformers is just going to come down to how much power you want.

sounds good in theory, but you're gonna have to interview about 10 electricians If you can get them to show up to bid this ~$5k project which is 'small' apparently ) to find the 1 who doesn't think running wire and conduit requires 4 yrs of apprentice experience.

 

[SomeGuyFromOlympia]

Best advice you'll get in this thread. Don't do anything AKnate says.

you just going to sit there and take this abuse Nate?

 

[WTF?]

To run 240v, 60 amp power 460ft you're going to need 1 AWG copper or 2/0 aluminum.

Looking at $1500+ in wire.

Best advice you'll get in this thread. Don't do anything AKnate says.

yeah, Nate doesn't factor in that that OP has $50k + tied up here and 1500 in wire is a rounding error.

 

[ExWrench]

you just going to sit there and take this abuse Nate?

Ask again in a week or two when he's on break from his main job and not working 2 or 3 of his 7 side jobs

 

[SomeGuyFromOlympia]

Ask again in a week or two when he's on break from his main job and not working 2 or 3 of his 7 side jobs

I will not need to ask again
he is going to take it

 

[larboc]

To run 240v, 60 amp power 460ft you're going to need 1 AWG copper or 2/0 aluminum.

Looking at $1500+ in wire.

Seems like you'd want a GFCI breaker feeding this operation and/or an isolation transformer?

 

[WaterH]

As an addendum.
If i were trenching conduit to the dock Id run an extra 3\4 one for data. Run fiber out to the dock so you can have wifi at the boat.
For updating gps units or whatever.

I’m not trenching at this time. Right now I just want the cable and hose to go from one end of the dock to the other. I have a lot more planning to figure where I want the underground part. I was thinking about a data line also. Telephone line?

I dont know shit about fuck but would there be any money in renting your dock out nightly with power, water, and wifi?

Yes, there is definitely a market for it. I’m not sure I want to do that, but it wouldn’t hurt to have the option. The county has a law that a maximum of two boats can be parked at a non-commercial dock. I plan to have a yacht and a “run about”, but the smaller boat might not be parked there all the time. I doubt that the county enforces that rule much.

I also might rent my yacht out as a BnB. (Not to leave the dock)

 

[Chevy_man]

Seems like you'd want a GFCI breaker feeding this operation and/or an isolation transformer?

Uh, why would you want that? They're expensive!

 

[AKnate]

yeah, Nate doesn't factor in that that OP has $50k + tied up here and 1500 in wire is a rounding error.

I was picturing a maybe couple grand $$ dock like normal people have. Usually on wheels so it can be pulled out for winter otherwise the ice would destroy it.

 

[redneckengineered]

I was thinking about a data line also. Telephone line?

Fiber optic

 

[SomeGuyFromOlympia]

I was picturing a maybe couple grand $$ dock like normal people have. Usually on wheels so it can be pulled out for winter otherwise the ice would destroy it.

You understand how Alaska and Florida are different don't you??

 

[redneckengineered]

You understand how Alaska and Florida are different don't you??

No, he doesn't. His stupidity knows no bounds.

 

[87manche]

sounds good in theory, but you're gonna have to interview about 10 electricians If you can get them to show up to bid this ~$5k project which is 'small' apparently ) to find the 1 who doesn't think running wire and conduit requires 4 yrs of apprentice experience.

Maybe.
Or maybe you find the guy willing to charge you a thousand dollars to do a half days work hooking up the shit and signing off on it. Never know till you make some calls.

 

[WTF?]

Maybe.
Or maybe you find the guy willing to charge you a thousand dollars to do a half days work hooking up the shit and signing off on it. Never know till you make some calls.

I just dealt with a ‘ small’ $4k permitted electric job involving $1200 worth of material and a day of actual work taking your time. I had to award it to the only guy of 7 I called 3 who showed up to quote it and 1 who actually delivered a quote in dollars.

 

[WaterH]

Caught a helicopter with my dock camera. (Not me)

 

[AKnate]

Caught a helicopter with my dock camera. (Not me)

106*? I thought Florida was nice all year?

 

[Chevy_man]

106*? I thought Florida was nice all year?

Yeah, they think anything under 75° is winter and they will be all bundled up.

 

[WaterH]

106*? I thought Florida was nice all year?

That camera is full of shit. It always reads high. It has a solar cell, so I have to put it in the Sun. It’s around 84 mid day right now.

 

[87manche]

Yeah, they think anything under 75° is winter and they will be all bundled up.

I'm changing minds about winter. I'm really seeking the no bugs for 4 months aspect.
Mosquitos in December is bullshit Florida.