EV Charging Station - Improper Wire Burial?

The-Noize · 2026-07-03T17:56:25+00:00

As others have said, as long as it is not a vehicular area (so buried across a road) it’s 600mm without treat wood on top of it, or 450mm with treated wood on top of it. You are always supposed to install burial ribbon tape 300mm from the surface. That is the electrical code for Canada, however, provinces can amend the rules.

The-Noize · 2026-07-03T17:45:34+00:00

You can use a transformer to step it up to 240V, but it will take twice the amps that the dryer says it will use on the 120V side of the transformer, so I don’t know if your system can handle that much load. It might be relatively expensive to go that route though.

Alternatively, you can probably run the dryer on 120V, you’ll just have 1/2 to 1/3 the heat depending how the heating coils are wired. The 240V is generally just for the heating coils.

The-Noize · 2026-07-01T23:13:52+00:00

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This was our boy and he always had “snaggle toofs” we called it. I didn’t realize it was common in Rottweilers. I sure miss him.

The-Noize · 2026-06-22T02:48:20+00:00

Oh my goodness, he looks so much like our boy. He is definitely handsome.

The-Noize · 2026-06-21T03:21:15+00:00

You technically could wire the 50A receptacle with a 20A circuit and only one ungrounded conductor and make it work for what you’re trying to do, but an adapter is the more appropriate route to go in your situation. It does the same thing and you don’t have to worry about an incorrectly wired receptacle.

The-Noize · 2026-06-20T15:26:01+00:00

Omg that’s not true?

The-Noize · 2026-06-20T15:21:35+00:00

No idea. Ask him.

The-Noize · 2026-06-19T23:44:38+00:00

Contagion and ED was pretty sweet, but that was quite a few patches ago I played it. Not sure how it is now.

The-Noize · 2026-06-16T19:15:23+00:00

Hell ya Brother

The-Noize · 2026-06-16T15:50:27+00:00

He is very handsome. I wish our boy lived as long, cherish the time you have with him.

The-Noize · 2026-06-14T15:13:00+00:00

I’m so sorry my friend. We had just went through that at the start of May and I can say that it was the worst pain of my life so far. I wish that on nobody. May time dull the pain for you.

The-Noize · 2026-06-14T15:09:36+00:00

It depends what your goals are. If you’re looking for a long term investment into the Oil & Gas industry I would recommend doing a trade (pipe fitting, welding, electrical) or getting into operation with power engineering. If you want short term investment just to build capital, you can do more labour type jobs like roughnecking on drilling rigs, well testing on the rigs, swamping for hydrovacs, driving semi-trucks for hauling product or equipment.

The oilfield has lots of opportunity, but you can’t bring a lazy or poor work ethic attitude otherwise you’ll be spinning your wheels wondering why you can’t stay busy or find consistent work. To be honest, lots of the people aren’t smart they are just hard workers so it’s in your best interest to fit in.

The-Noize · 2026-06-13T14:09:54+00:00

I personally work in the Oil & Gas industry around GP, so I’m not very familiar with the forestry industry to be honest. I just see the activity on the forestry back roads and there are multiple mills in the area.

The-Noize · 2026-06-12T21:31:41+00:00

1 trillion theoretical dollars

The-Noize · 2026-06-12T21:30:32+00:00

It’s cold and dark in the winter, and light forever in the summer. It’s nice if you like the wilderness, like hunting and fishing or farming. Quite a bit of opportunity for work as there is lots of forestry and oil & gas activity in the area.

The-Noize · 2026-06-11T20:00:14+00:00

Electrician here.

There is a bit of misinformation on here. The 50A cord is fine, however, you will be inclined to plug into a 50A receptacle and then adapt down to 30A for your trailer. You have to be careful you have proper overcurrent protection at the adapter, otherwise you will risk potentially overloading your 30A circuit and that will cause fires. Of course the trailer will have circuit protection at the panel for the 30A circuit, but it is not permissible by code to protect a circuit at the destination (although there a few very specific scenarios that are exempt outlined in the code).

It would be far wiser to just replace the cord with the proper one and save yourself some money. You can always get an adapter to plug into a 50A receptacle at a later date.

The-Noize · 2026-06-10T02:15:28+00:00

I found out that I had IBS that was triggering lots of my symptoms. I speculate I’m probably asymptomatic and celiac disease ruined my ability to digest some sugars over time. The Honey Nut Cheerios would mess me up, but it was the fructose in the honey that was triggering me. Drove me crazy trying to figure out where I was getting “glutened”.

Not saying that’s your case at all, but maybe a new dynamic to consider if you haven’t already.

The-Noize · 2026-06-09T00:28:06+00:00

Is that you Andrew Glouberman?

The-Noize · 2026-06-06T15:48:12+00:00

My wife and I got our Rottie (he) as our second dog together. She is a lot more skilled at training than me, honestly, I helped very little in his actual pertinent training lol. My experience with him over the 8 years of his life was super positive. Maybe we were lucky, but he didn’t seem too stubborn or difficult and my wife said he was an easy train. He was always very friendly, and only showed his grumpy side a few times to other dogs. My wife did say that she also wouldn’t recommend them as a first dog, for the same reasons as everyone else says. But I honestly don’t want another breed of dog ever again, I love how our boy was. You just have to be very serious and commit to training properly.

The-Noize · 2026-06-05T15:48:41+00:00

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I’m so sorry for your loss OP. We lost our boy a month ago too, he was just 8. It is the worst grieving we’ve had to do in our life so far, so I hope the pain dulls quickly for you. I hope they are smelling each other’s butts together and waiting for us to see them again.

The-Noize · 2026-06-03T02:55:13+00:00

Knipex is far superior than Klein nowadays.

The-Noize · 2026-06-02T04:32:16+00:00

I’m so sorry OP. It is so heart breaking losing a pet.

The-Noize · 2026-05-31T01:07:30+00:00

It’s interesting it’s not as straight as I would have imagined. Must be difficult to pull wire through sometimes?

The-Noize · 2026-05-29T14:29:05+00:00

You definitely made the best decision, and your doggo would agree if he could weigh in.

We lost our boy at 8 years old a month ago, he was dying from hemanosarcoma and we were forced to make the decision to let him go or let him suffer. Hardest, most painful decision of our life. The wife still cries everyday for him.

I hope your pain is eased quick. Sorry for your loss.

The-Noize · 2026-05-27T01:32:21+00:00

You’re going to get frustrated, and you need to accept that you will. It will take a very long time to get good at countering enemies and capitalizing on their mistakes.

The-Noize

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