The place where the line might end is a sewer line addition. I don't expect that they'll end up digging a new line all the way to the tank, instead I'd expect them to find the existing pipe in the middle of the parking area and dig the new trench to that location, and add a Y of some sort into the existing main line. So the only place I would be able to add the tracer would be along the new line. The question is how to ensure that section is locateable.
And as far as locate wire goes, when I've done fiber, I typically just pull in some thhn or similar with the fiber or use locatable fiber. But I've also seen thhn direct bury tracer wire fail, or at least not be locatable past a certain. In a conduit this isn't a problem, you just replace the cable. Direct bury next to plastic water pipes is a different story. On Mon, Jan 9, 2023, 9:38 AM Josh Luthman <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> wrote: > Don't you have some random copper laying around? Our fiber tracer wire is > 24 awg. Just place the conductive wire in the same hole as the water/sewer > lines. The color is kind of pointless but I guess you could spend the > money and follow the rules *shrug*. > > If the wire ends the locate ends. Why not just extend the wire with the > new pipe? > > 14 gauge seems like way too big if you ask me, that's a lot of money down > that new sewer line. > > On Mon, Jan 9, 2023 at 11:31 AM Forrest Christian (List Account) < > li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > >> I'm working on doing specs for a project (home) which will require >> burying new water and sewer lines on the property. >> >> I'm tired of not being able to locate these after they're buried so I >> plan on having the contractor bury some tracer wire along with the plumbing. >> >> I've learned that the best option for things like this is to either spec >> or provide exactly what I want buried. Otherwise you'll end up with some >> inexperienced contractor which installs something which won't work. >> >> Apparently the choices for tracer wire are far more varied than I had >> expected. Insulation, metal type, gauge, color, and so on. >> >> It looks like 14AWG copper HMWPE might be what I'm looking for. But >> there are other options as well. Does any of this work better or is less >> (or more) likely to be damaged in a way which makes it untraceable? I'm >> assuming green and blue will be needed for sewer and water. >> >> I don't think the following will apply, but there is also the possibility >> that at least one of the lines won't terminate at one end anywhere that we >> can poke the wire up above the ground (tapping into existing line) I'm >> assuming that one can resolve this by laying a ground rod in the trench and >> terminating to that. >> >> Any other things I should watch for here? >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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