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	Subject - Plans for a Permit codevyper First off, this is a great website for electrical knowledge! Ok here's my question. I would like to run a new electrical service in my back yard. I need a permit to do this. I have a fair amount of amature (read not for pay) electrical experience and know what I need and how to install the service myself as the homeowner. To do this however, I need a permit which requires plans to be drawn up for the new proposed service and submitted to the B&S office in my town. I have never drawn up a plan to submit for a permit. Is there anyone who can provide an example of a plan to go from, or knows of a web site with example plans for viewing? Thanks Jim JimmyDee I've never had to do this for electrical work. When I did some frame changes to my house, all the inspector wanted to know (on paper) is, how you were going to do the work and materials that you were going to use. (wire size, etc) I would think if you made your drawing a sketch with what you had planned, with sizing, etc. you would be OK. The building inspector told me this is required for a job because it save him a lot of headaches making the homeowner comply to code. I've heard of others having to have a architect stamp on the drawings. Hopefully, someone else will chime in here. Jim Ryan_J I work as an inspector in the Salt Lake area. We typically don't require plans for this type of work, but if we did it could be done very easily. If you have a second structure in your back yard, you probably had to provide a site plan for it. If you did, take your site plan and "red-line" the location of the new service, draw a piece of pipe from building to building, and pencil in the size of conductors you will be pulling. Don't forget to draw in a grounding electrode system at the second structure. codevyper Thanks for the input. I called my B&S office after my posting and found that I do not need a diagram but do need a permit for the proposed service addition to a free standing GFCI outlet on the opposite side of my back yard. So I'm off the hook on the diagram . Thanks for the info though. SteveMc Someone correct me if I'm wrong here, but per Table 300.5 Column 4 if you put the circuit on a GFCI breaker or receptacle on the line side of the trench you will only have to trench 12" instead of 18-24". Assuming you plan to bury the wire. JimmyDee Column 4 Residential Branch Circuits Rated 120 Volts or Less with GFCI Protection and Maximum Overcurrent Protection of 20 Amperes mm in. 300 12 Sure looks like it. Jim David Hyatt That correct 12" is per NEC.