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"BenignVanilla" wrote in message
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"Ka30P" wrote in message
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BV wrote Can I bury it in the same trench that I am using for an
electrical conduit?

ak! I had an immediate mental picture of somebody digging in the
backyard
and
hitting both lines at once. Looked like Wiley Coyote on one of his
better
days...
You might always know that the lines run together but somebody else
might
not.
And if you have boys like I have boys... digging illicit holes is right
up
there as mischief just waiting to happen.


Really? Running two conduits...one full of water, and one containing two
romex cables sounds bad? I thought that sounded great? I mean really...If
someone pounds a shovel through a piece of PVC, and thru both wires...will
a
little water really make a difference? Especially if these circuits have
GFI's?

BV.


BV call your local city hall or building inspector. Here building codes are
pretty strict when it comes to running both hydro and water outdoors. Hydro
lines must either be outside approved cable (double the price of regular
cable) or be encased in conduit at least 18 inches below the ground. It can
be run above ground is securely attached to permanent structures such as a
fence but still must be in conduit. Water lines they want a minimum of 24
inches below ground and not within 4 feet of hydro lines. It needs to be
well below the frost line for obvious reasons. I think it's also pretty
obvious why you can't run both hydro and water lines in the same trench...
Janet in Niagara Falls who's fish all survived and are up swimming
around! )