Property then to Lowe's.  I determined - erroneously - that the panel I bought at Home Depot was the incorrect one.  When I started taking panels (breaker boxes) out of the boxes at Lowe's (with the store employee's consent), I started scratching my head.  I couldn't understand where the main underground wires were supposed to attach to.  I'm from a different era, apparently, where they always connect to lugs that connect to the different plates to deliver power or neutral.  

Reading all kinds of instructions, there was no indication or pictures of where they go into.  I went to an area in Lowe's where my phone actually has good signal and started watching youtube videos.  This went on for a long time.  So I'm examining the setup - it's completely different than anything I had seen.  They were all like that and trust me, there were 3 different brands of breakers and I looked at a lot of different panels. 

The main breakers were attached to the same blocks where you would install a circuit breaker and run lines out of them to the various outlets.  This didn't make any sense to me.  How does the main breaker get power?  How can it shut the power off if it's attached to the same blocks as the rest of the breakers.  That's when it finally dawned on me that the main power lines must connect to the main breaker itself, not to lugs on a separate position in the box that power the main breaker.  I pulled the main breaker off and sure enough.  

I had to hit myself for spending such an incredible amount of time trying to figure that out.  I was at Lowe's for hours. Not 20 minutes, not 45 minutes, hours.  The employee finally inferred that "well may you should get an electrician".  Yeah, but I don't have thousands of dollars to pay that same-said electrician and if I do enough research and think about this stuff long enough, I will figure it out.  I only have 4 lines to run.  It really shouldn't be that hard, but again, I have never actually tried to install a breaker box before excepting one I installed at my house for outdoor use. But, I hooked that box up to the main breaker box.  That was pretty easy. 

So, I had to go back to the property and look at the box I bought. Sure enough, same thing, same setup, I was relieved, actually, that I didn't have to take it back to Home Depot.  Then I went over to the power pedestal and where the water and sewer lines are.  I started digging into the ground - and hitting roots.  Well wait a minute, these are giant roots, there are no trees here now (there used to be), if they had dug down here for the trench, the roots would be gone.

So I tried to dig down further over, same thing.  In case you didn't know, digging dirt isn't exactly the easiest thing to do, it's very physical and no, I'm not just going to randomly try to find those pipes and the underground electrical wire. I'm going to see if I can find someone with a metal detector that can go up to 4 feet in depth.  If not, I'll have to buy my own. I really do not want to buy a metal detector for a one time thing.  It just seems like such a waste of money.  But, I'm not going to just blindly start digging out a trench with a mini ex and risk hitting that stuff and then having to have it fixed.  Or sitting there trying to locate it by digging down by hand. It's too far down to do that. 

Back to the shed, I started taking measurements for the electrical lines.  Pretty simple stuff, I've got all of that done. Now, to try and find out how they connect a waste water line to a 4 inch sewer pipe.  I would assume there is a reducer you can buy. But, I am not going to go anywhere to buy anything for that set up until I know 100% what I need. Not after today's fiasco.   While I was out there, a late model - very expensive - F250 full of young men came driving through.  They didn't want to stop, I just waved at them. Pretty sure they were scoping the place out for bringing in one or more trailers.  

But, since they didn't stop, I don't know if that means they aren't interested or if that means they are going around the area checking all the places out before they decide where to camp out semi-permanently.  

Hmm, well we have a washer setup in the pantry. I can at least find out what size line they use for the water to dump into.  I'm thinking a 4X2 wye.  Or T if I want to set it up for future use to run to the shower that I eventually intend on setting up.  In fact, I know where I want the shower, I could dig out the trench to that location and install the pipe if I have enough or even go buy another stick.  It will save me from having to rent an rather expensive piece of machinery.  

I don't know, but there is still some stuff left to buy and this brain activity has drained me. Time to relax for a while and then decide whether I'm going to go back at it today or just wait until the morning. Considering the time of day? Probably pick this up in the morning.  

There was a couple that was going to show up today - it's not too late yet. They may have found something else or they are just more late in the day travelers. The guy from New Orleans? I have no clue.  I'll give it until Friday and then I'll just give up on it.  Money I could use is all I can say about that.