On Friday, July 3, 2015 at 2:59:45 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Thu, 2 Jul 2015 20:04:03 -0700 (PDT), Uncle Monster
wrote:

On Thursday, July 2, 2015 at 3:30:42 PM UTC-5, Tekkie® wrote:
Texas Kingsnake posted for all of us...



"trader_4" wrote in message
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On Sunday, June 28, 2015 at 11:08:20 AM UTC-4, trader_4 wrote:
On Sunday, June 28, 2015 at 10:45:54 AM UTC-4, Texas Kingsnake wrote:
Any ideas? How deep do 110 volt wires need to be buried?

24" in open areas, it can be less if it goes under concrete, etc..


Let me correct that. I just looked at the code to make sure
and above is true for direct burial cable. If you use pvc
conduit, it's 18". And there is an exception for branch circuits
of 20A or less that are GFCI protected, in which case it's 12"
regardless if it's direct burial or conduit.

Thanks for the update. Depth will make a serious difference in how hard it
will be to dig the trench. I am thinking I will get the guy who butchered
my bricks to dig the ditch for free instead of my suing him. How hard could
THAT be not to eff up?

FWIW, I am using underground rated UF-14/2 cable that will be connected to a
GFCI to run some new outdoor lights. A juvenile delinquent has moved in
next door and I want to put up some motion detector lights and maybe some
sort of camera to catch him at work (I looked out the window one day to see
him tossing trash in my yard).

I was considering doing the work myself but I have no experience with
outside wiring or how to waterproof it so I may just dig the ditches and let
a licensed electrician do the hook-ups.

TKS

You can't put the electric and CCTV wires in the same conduit.

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I've put shielded cable audio/video in the same conduit with power conductors quite a few times without a problem. I wouldn't do it with high voltage conductors but 240 volts and lower has never caused a problem except with electrical inspectors. ^_^

[8~{} Uncle Cable Monster
Not a problem, but still NOT LEGAL and not to be recommended.

On a construction or remodel job me or whomever had the electrical contract would run separate conduits for power and low voltage wiring. I'd spec 3/4 EMT for phone and network drops. The phone company wants a minimum 3/4" conduit and sometimes larger for a service entrance. Heck, before I became too ill to work anymore, the computer networks I installed were handling both data and VoIP phone service. One Cat6 Ethernet cable per desk was all that was needed for phone and computer. Of course I would often split one ethernet cable to get two network feeds or pull out an unused pair for an analog or single pair multi line phone system like a Nortel. Dammit I miss work, the more complicated the job, the more fun I had. ^_^

[8~{} Uncle Cable Monster