Wife and I purchased an unfinished house just before covid. The majority of work remaining is unlicensed and cosmetic (doors, trim, paint, floors etc.), which I can do myself. In the last 2 months we've had numerous break in attempts at the job site. I've added window bars and security doors, but was hoping to light the property up to further discourage trespassing and future break in attempts. The job site currently only has a temporary/construction pole for power. I understand the logistics/mechanics of wiring, so my question is:
Can a licensed electrician legally hard-wire power from the temp pole to the house to feed flood and porch lights?
Electrical – Hard-wiring the Temporary power pole to the job site
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You could reduce the timing on one of these:
and add a double pole switch.
Each circuit has a minimum wire size.
Other than that, you can upsize wires anytime you want. There's no restriction.
The wires must, of course, fit the terminations. So if you use #12 Romex to branch off a 15A circuit, you will not be using backstsbs on that receptacle.
To reverse it, if your circuit is almost entirely #12, but has one bit of #14, it is a 15A circuit.
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Best Answer
If the electric panel, meter can and house wiring is complete, just have the electrical inspected and have the power company run the service. A electrician can run from a breaker on the temp power pole to the house electric, even if it's not all complete, but it would have to be inspected. Keep in mind that anyone could just shut off the breaker and there go your lights. Note: This is/was allowed in Florida but you'd have to check with your local people.