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   feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Thursday, 13-Feb-2025 06:56:59 JST feld

   in reply to
   @Nimbius666 @maybenot
   
   It was 2018. I needed an EV charger in my condo's detached garage. So @SlicerDicer and I rolled up our sleeves, grabbed a copy of the 2018 National Electric Code which just became active in Wisconsin a week before, looked up the laws on whether I could do it myself legally (owner-builder, varies by state) as electricians were quoting like $5000 in labor, and we did it.
   
   We couldn't get the 18" deep trench as required by code for the conduit due to large rocks but there was a loophole that you can encase it in concrete. So we did it. It was barely $1000 in materials. Plus I ran ethernet out to the garage so I could have a PoE wifi AP out there. And my circuit could support up to 100A which is more than anyone else would agree to do.
   
   And it was all code compliant. Inspected as required. In fact this actually improved the safety of my electrical as we needed to add additional grounding rods for modern code compliance. (two minimum now, and one for the garage circuit itself)
   
   Additionally I was the first person in the entire state to do this for a condo where there was already dedicated power to the garage as code disallowed this before NEC2018 (only one source of power permitted for a building unless special circumstances -- EV charging circuits were added to the code in 2018). I had to call up the State inspector for final signoff because the local city inspector was an idiot.
   
   (I also grew up doing plumbing, electrical, and HVAC work when I was in highschool)