Weird question, need help

[MrWhoopee]

How about a step up transformer plugged in at the shed to bring things up to 15 amps....in a perfect world I would have an electrician do this but I just don't have that type of money. I'm a regular American....you know, I ride in the back of the plane get one can of coke and a cracker, no champagne or cloth napkins

No. Nothing you can do at the shed will fix this. Just like getting some snake-oil device to improve your internet speed when the problem is your provider. Short of running much larger conductors from a breaker at the house, you will need to reduce the demand (and expectations) at the shed. Or get a generator.

 

[Mike8623]

Don't laugh guys. Took me 5 years to get this far. I work with what I have and can afford.

 

[matthewsx]

How about a step up transformer plugged in at the shed to bring things up to 15 amps....in a perfect world I would have an electrician do this but I just don't have that type of money. I'm a regular American....you know, I ride in the back of the plane get one can of coke and a cracker, no champagne or cloth napkins

Unfortunately, that's not how electricity works.

As you run longer and longer wires the amperage they can carry goes down due to resistance, a transformer won't change this since you're running into the laws of physics. This is why the recommendation to run 240v from a breaker on the main panel, ohm's law covers this.

Ohm's law - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

It sounds like using something other than electricity for heat will be your best bet, it's gonna get a lot colder and that will effect your electrical setup too.

If it were me, I'd be putting in a wood stove and a small battery bank with solar to power the lights. Or, get a kerosene lamp and skip the electrical all together

Looks like a nice little hideout....

John

 

[mmcmdl]

Don't laugh guys. Took me 5 years to get this far. I work with what I have and can afford.

Laugh ? Looks like a HAPPY place . I just drove thru Lincoln and all of Montana . 149 miles on one dirt road without seeing a human while watching the gas gage drop .

 

[Mike8623]

It gets to -50 at times.....my 2 dogs and I are comfortable. Lots of lions and grizzlies up here....and some of them aren't too scared of humans

 

[Mike8623]

Yah, it is my hideout. I hide out a lot. I haven't been off my property for 6 months except for doctors and food.....doctors are 100 miles away one way, but I am very comfortable....if I just had a little more electricity.

It is so relaxing up here with just the animals and very few people

 

[woodchucker]

None of the references I could find go any longer than 150ft; however, here are a couple of points:

• Extension cords are not designed for permanent use
• Extension cords should not be run inside of conduits as they rely on the surrounding air for cooling; running in a conduit would derate the ampacity (no charts for how much because you're not supposed to do it). Someone with a copy of the Electrical Code could give you an estimate (my NEC handbook was from the 80's so I got rid of it a long time ago).
• 150ft Extra Heavy Duty #10 extension cord is only rated to a maximum of 15A, which may be what one of your heaters draws
• 250ft #10 may support 7A, but with a significant voltage drop??

Please get rid of the extension cord and have an electrician run an adequate service from your main panel down to the shed before you have a fire.

THIS all day long.
You are under cabled too.

 

[woodchucker]

Don't laugh guys. Took me 5 years to get this far. I work with what I have and can afford.
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Mike don't water your electrical pole, it's not necessary
How do you get internet up there? Starlink or a cable?
Looks nice up there. Try not to play with the big kitties or BIG bears. They may play for a few seconds, but they are really playing with their food.

 

[Mike8623]

Years ago when we had power put they also put in cable and later fiber optics. We get verizon sometimes and at my shed I get 2 bars verizon and use a hot spot for my tv

 

[Mike8623]

So if I had 220 at the outlet where my extension cord is plugged....I could then use my extension cord and not get any flickering lights.....or maybe put a step down 110v converter on the shed side to reduce the line to 110v