When Water and Electricity Mix

October felt like September most of the time except for the few times it felt like August. It was so nice, Jim felt more inclined to work outside instead of in working on the basement. So, he started another project, running power conduits and a water line from the house to the barn. The power to the barn shorted out some years ago, so now that he cleared out a space to put his tractor and three of the neighbor's in the barn he needs some lights in there to look at them. 

I though a took a photo of the tractors. I didn't.

Boring these pipes in isn't very messy, which is the point of the whole business, not to tear up yards, but hole need dug in strategic places. Here, Jim is digging a hole because he will tee the water line to the chicken house. The hole comes first so he can bore through it. 

More of the same.

When boring takes place, (directional drilling is the proper term,) the drill bit bores through the ground, and drags the bore stem behind it creating the tunnel, so to speak, that the conduit is pulled through. Jim is using continuous conduit that rolls off a reel trailer... 

...as well as all over the lawn.

(Look how green it is for the middle of October.)

They started the bore from the barn, since it's a bit difficult to start it from the house.

Jim, of course, has access to lots of help since he owns a boring company.

Here are the two conduits for power and one water line going in.

They bored into the basement and some one is running the boring machine for the pull and others are guiding the pipe through the hole to go under our lawn to the barn.

Now they are boring from the water line hole to the chicken house.

The water line was replaced because it was old. 

The power conduits were replaced because the wire was bad. One for using now and one for a spare. 

Now, the wire has to go through those conduits and be connected from house to barn, but that is a story for another day, because it happened on another day.