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On Sun, 28 Jun 2015 16:03:29 -0500, Texas Kingsnake
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On 28 Jun 2015 16:47:03 GMT, notbob wrote:

On 2015-06-28, HerHusband wrote:

Of course, rigid drain pipes or conduit aren't always flexible like
electrical cables.

Nor entirely practical. My old phone line goes through a PVC pipe.
Problem is, water gets into the pipe and when Winter time comes 'round
and there goes my landline. I hadda run a above ground line, instead.
Sometimes, still gets wet and drops out, but at least I can access it
and
fix it when it does.

BTW, one the few times WD40 is actaully helpful.

nb

You just used the wrong wire. Anything underground is a wet location,
the pipe WILL fill up with water. If you used the "flooded" phone
wire, you would have been fine.

Is that the stuff where the insulation is actually some gel goo that
keeps
the water out?

There is shielded cable which is more expensive of course. I don't
think there would be any code problems if you ran a spare 12w/g either.

Yes, I suspect wire is going to be cheapest part of this project. I wanted
to run a closed circuit TV cable in the same ditch but everything I've read
says it's going to pick up interference. I don't know enough electronics to
know for sure, but shouldn't that TV cable with 4 layers of shielding be
immune to any RF radiating from a 110 volt AC line running along side it? I
bought a thousand feet of it so I can afford to experiment. Didn't know
they made that in burial v. indoor stuff, either until I was looking a few
minutes ago. Not sure why I would really want a second UF 14/2 cable
because the ground's pretty stable and too tough for critters to drill
through.

Are gophers or mice an issue in your area?

Not unless they recently mutated. Well, mice maybe but no one I know had
complained about rodents other than raccoons and they keep to the
once-a-week garbage bins, mostly. With my luck, my new trench will find them
all. frown

Our county went to once-a-week to save money but in the summer, it's no fun
to live downwind of a large family with lots of youngsters that consume
Pampers by the bale. Think they would get the message if I set up a huge
pedestal fan in the yard to blow the stench back their way? smile

TKS