Faster? Cheaper?
- Thread starter c_picard
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- Simi Valley, CA
Always pipe.
electricblue
Senior Member
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- Largo, Florida
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- EC
Pipe.
Fulthrotl
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pvc pipe. aluminum feeders. hypressed lugs.
readydave8
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- Clarkesville, Georgia
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- electrician
Hope everyone decides to put in DB AL.
I can make more money replacing it when it fails than I can make when competetively bidding new installs.
I can make more money replacing it when it fails than I can make when competetively bidding new installs.
kwired
Electron manager
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- NE Nebraska
Size and distance become big determining factors in some cases.
Around here there are many 1400+ foot services supplying irrigation equipment, copper becomes pretty noticeably higher for something like that.
electricblue
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- Largo, Florida
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- EC
Damn.... 1400'
ptonsparky
Tom
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- EC - retired
Cablecon. All the wires preinstalled, just trench or plow it in and go home for lunch.
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- Licensed Electrician
Why no option for pipe and AL conductors?
Our shop uses pipe every time with some rare exceptions.
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- Licensed Electrician
Fantastic stuff that stuff is.
kwired
Electron manager
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- NE Nebraska
Also not something you haul in a (regular) van or compact truck:happyyes:
Fulthrotl
~Autocorrect is My Worst Enema.~
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- E
wow. i've never seen that before. wonder who sells it on the left coast.....
does it come on a trailer mounted reel, and you just pull it into place?
with a tugger? how do you enter switchgear and such?
or do you anchor one end, and pull it off a reel being pulled along over a ditch?
i've used mc cable that was four 500 mcm with a ground, once. it wasn't
much fun putting it under computer floor.
kwired
Electron manager
- Location
- NE Nebraska
Search for "cable in conduit" there are others out there with similar products.
The ones I have used are on steel skeleton type reels, typically about 8 feet in diameter. You definitely need more than a hand truck to handle them, and like I said are not going to just throw them in a van or small pickup truck either. Full size pickup truck may handle the weight but may still have a problem with having enough space.
The outer conduit is HDPE and art 353 applies. HDPE can not be run exposed or within buildings so you need to transition to other raceway methods when emerging from grade.
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- Simi Valley, CA
Probably the same stuff the SCE uses for residential feeds. Don't know if DWP uses it or not.
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