Underground feeder suggestions

[dm9289]

I am going to be running an underground feed to a detached garage my initial thought was to run singles till I seen the price.
A suggestion was made to possibly try Mobil home feeder cable https://assets.southwire.com/ImConv...n?assetDescr=Aluminum Mobile Home Feeder.spec.

Has anyone had experience with this cable or would recommend an alternative project.

thank you

 

[Chamuit]

Are you required to put in conduit?

 

[dm9289]

Are you required to put in conduit?

This product is supposed to be direct bury but I was still going to use PVC to avoid problems later

 

[Hv&Lv]

This product is supposed to be direct bury but I was still going to use PVC to avoid problems later

Product is suitable for direct bury. You certainly can put it in conduit.
We do it on every service with triplex.

 

[ptonsparky]

For almost all my business career I have told customers that the price of the conduit will/would have paid for one repair on direct bury cable due to rodent damage.

Not so anymore.

 

[Hv&Lv]

For almost all my business career I have told customers that the price of the conduit will/would have paid for one repair on direct bury cable due to rodent damage.

Not so anymore.

We are still going by that rule. We haven’t direct buried any wire, whether streetlight, service, or MV in the last 20-25 years.
Some utilities have specific crews that do nothing but fix bad cable 5 days a week. IMO that’s just a waste.

 

[ptonsparky]

One of my suppliers told me he quoted a project with 3" DB. The raceway was more than the Al wire in it.

 

[petersonra]

If you want some protection for the cable, nothing says you can't route it in something cheaper than conduit.

 

[ptonsparky]

If you want some protection for the cable, nothing says you can't route it in something cheaper than conduit.

Black plastic water line is relatively low.

Customer buried it to all her hog waterers then had me pull in the UF cable. Worked well.
She was a 'character'. Absolutely one of my favorites.

 

[ActionDave]

I am going to be running an underground feed to a detached garage my initial thought was to run singles till I seen the price.
A suggestion was made to possibly try Mobil home feeder cable https://assets.southwire.com/ImConvServlet/imconv/6e3096c7af187c72afc5c673944f94d5448502e0/origin?assetDescr=Aluminum Mobile Home Feeder.spec.

Has anyone had experience with this cable or would recommend an alternative project.

thank you

I would and have used it without hesitation. I also agree with using conduit

 

[electrofelon]

MHF is prolly what I would use. If you use type USE you can use sand or non electric pipe for protection. I recently used 4" SDR 35 sewer pipe for a run and that was a lot cheaper than electrical. That said, if it's just a couple hundred feet, really how much are you going to save .......

 

[Chamuit]

This product is supposed to be direct bury but I was still going to use PVC to avoid problems later

Use larger pipe than the minimum, for ease.

 

[dm9289]

Use larger pipe than the minimum, for ease.

Yeah i was thinking 1-1/2"