WrenchesAs a matter of practice, we always use conduite, never direct burial, always copper too, we have had AC and DC in the same trench but with space seperating the conduits and have had no issues with noise or JHA. As a safety issue we would not risk direct burial of high voltage DC regardless. Jerry
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: Ray Walters <r...@solarray.com> Date: 12/28/16 12:00 PM (GMT-10:00) To: RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] AC/DC in Same Trench? Also, you didn't specify, but AC and DC are specifically allowed in the same raceway per 300.3(C)(1). Only If the DC circuits are PV source or output circuits, then 690.31(B) prevails, which says they can't share a raceway. But again, as Chris mentions, this restriction does not apply to direct burial. R.Ray Walters CTO, Solarray, Inc Nabcep Certified PV Installer, Licensed Master Electrician Solar Design Engineer 303 505-8760 On 12/28/2016 12:58 PM, Chris Mason wrote: No problem with same trench, the requirements are that they are not in the same raceway. On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 1:37 PM, Corey Shalanski <co...@joule-energy.com> wrote: For some upcoming utility-scale projects our design team is wondering about placing direct-bury AC and DC circuits in the same trench. - Firstly, is this even Code-permissible? - Secondly, are there any common sense reasons (induced voltage/signal interference/etc) for not doing this? Thanks, Corey Shalanski Joule Energy New Orleans, LA _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org -- Chris Mason NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer™ Solar Design Engineer Generac Generators Industrial technician www.cometsolar.com 264.235.5670 869.662.5670 Skype: netconcepts _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
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