Posted by Howard H. on December 01, 2011 at 14:12:30 from (164.58.210.23):
In Reply to: Bury the Wires? posted by showcrop on December 01, 2011 at 12:55:17:
Where we buried miles of wire to drive the irrigation center pivots, underground wire works great!
UNTIL - you get water in the line and it shorts out the slightest bruise on the insulation somewhere. Or gophers or rats get to chewing on it... Or lightning hits a disconnect and burns a line...
And once you get a problem on a long run - it can be HECK to locate where it is...
And with what Bob B. said about gluing the conduit good - we've had family debates about whether to even put it in conduit or not. If you do - and then get water in the conduit - it will never leave. At least with direct burial, or loose fitting (or slotted) pipe, water that DOES get in can drain back away...
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