Browse Forums Owner Builder Forum Re: electricity connection costs 2Oct 14, 2014 9:50 am Owner Building at Jimboomba Woods in Logan City Qld. ![]() Blog : http://bandlnewhomebuild.blogspot.com H1 thread : viewtopic.php?f=38&t=68283 . Re: electricity connection costs 6Oct 14, 2014 4:43 pm Owner Building at Jimboomba Woods in Logan City Qld. ![]() Blog : http://bandlnewhomebuild.blogspot.com H1 thread : viewtopic.php?f=38&t=68283 . Re: electricity connection costs 7Oct 14, 2014 6:23 pm Quote: That's an awful long run for 16 sq mm cable I only have 30 amps/phase available not the 60 or 80 amps that one normally gets in suburbia. It is actually a single phase supply with a centre tapping so I get 2 phases 180 degrees apart. In theory the neutral currents cancel out except for some minor imbalance. This reduces the voltage drop, hence the 16mm2 cable not a larger cable. If one needs 60 or 80 amps, then larger 35mm2 cables would be required with a proportional increase in cost. The supply is not yet connected as I am waiting for a polyphase meter. Re: electricity connection costs 8Oct 15, 2014 12:20 pm My 40m run cost $1700. this included bobcat to cut the trench, installation of switchboard to house (which already had all wiring in place in the frame), and connection of the underground line from property pole to switchboard. Overall, its not a huge cost or complex if your soil can be easily dug up. IT is pointless to go overhead - no money saved that way. 3 52187 Hi all I'm currently building a duplex in Sydney and we need to do a new water connection to the second unit. The water main is on the other side of the road so we need… 0 4566 I had to do this 2 weeks ago. I'm in Melbourne. The water company was Ok if moved upto 600 mm sideways. Any more than that and they wanted $$. The water meter connects… 2 1414 |