Peiro Mele

Thanks for the help all!

Hey all!

I’m wanting to get a rainwater system going for my recently purchased tiny house ...I live alone and I only need water for washing dishes and taking a shower, not drinking. I have access to electricity for a pump. My tiny house has a tankless propane water heater and there’s just a very simple garden hose inlet coming out of the bottom of the tiny that connects to both the shower and sink ... I would like to buy a 500 gallon above ground rainwater tank, a pump, and then build an insulated wooden shed around them to make it thru winter without my system freezing. I would insulate the garden hose connection as well...my question is would that keep from freezing in the winter? I live in the mountains of West Virginia we have spurts of the low temps being in the teens and sometimes single digits ...I don’t want to do an in ground system in case I move in the future ....thanks in advance!

Hello all! So to update, my tiny house builder spoke with a master electrician she works with and he said that I would be ok with either 6/2 or 8/2 at a 200 ft distance! He told me to go with a 30 amp breaker at the panel I’m connecting to....I bought a 2 pole 30 amp breaker and the largest wire size it says it’s rated for is 8 awg....so I went ahead and ordered 220 ft of 8/2....my question now is I noticed you can buy a single pole 30 amp breaker ...since I’m only doing 120v should I go with single pole as opposed to double pole? Thanks in advance!

Thanks a lot all ya I will definitely talk to a electrician at this point and go from there ....I appreciate it!

Also, do you think 6/2 would most likely be adequate or is that pushing it ?

So if I use 4/2 wire what size breaker would you say I should put in at the main breaker panel?

Sorry Glenn I didn’t see your last post before I posted this ....thanks so much this is one of the specific details I needed

Thanks so much all for this very informative conversation! You can be rest assured that what you contribute to this discussion is directly helping make happen a real persons situation! I very much appreciate it ....Glenn and Bruce you are very much fleshing out the details of what I’d like to know ....Glenn thank you for addressing the possible 7% voltage drop ...I used a similar calculator and got a result of around 5.5 % voltage drop but that might have been for 8/3 wire as apposed to 8/2 which Bruce hipped me to....I guess the question is is a 7% voltage drop bad? I know it isn’t recommended

Thanks for all the info Bruce! 8/2 wire will fit into a 30 amp breaker correct? It’s not too big?

Thanks all! Yes was thinking to get the direct burial and copper which from what I understand doesn’t require conduit? Thanks for your help !