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tatpig t1_izezbny wrote

Reply to comment by dr_xenon in Water line from house to barn lost pressure! Please help!? by Castle_33_

i would concur that metal rod poking near electric lines is bad,but the wiring should be in the proper conduit per local code,correct? poking that deep would be difficult,depending on composition and compaction of the fill, perhaps requiring a hammer,therefore i’d go with ‘no poke’.

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dr_xenon t1_izeztu2 wrote

Could be direct burial wire that’s not in a metal conduit.

Either way, at 6’ it’s kinda deep for poking the soil.

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Not_an_okama t1_izfx158 wrote

Can confirm that a hammer would probably be nessesary. I used to do building staking and even the 1/4” think lath we used for call outs took some swings of a 4lb sludge to get ~8” deep. A small diameter rod might work better but you’re still probably gonna be hammering to get any depth with it.

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Castle_33_ OP t1_izh9ty5 wrote

No conduit needed per code. Due to northern climates, we are well below the frost line

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21RaysofSun t1_izg7i6n wrote

You're not using conduit for a 250' run of cable. They definitely used direct burial

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emptycurtains t1_izgbbwy wrote

I have a 300 foot run using conduit

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21RaysofSun t1_izgn8mu wrote

Underground as a private diyer? What were you feeding?

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Llohr t1_izh7gge wrote

Anything you want to be able to replace or add to. Having innerduct makes it really easy to do that.

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