I have a customer who wants to get rid of her existing above-ground "bell box" splices for aesthetic reasons. (The existing UG conduit is RMC). I know I have run into, or used at some early point in my career, some type of box (brass, i think?) that was buried in the ground and contained spices. I THINK the cover was "exposed" at the surface of the soil, but don't actually remember it very well. A version of this approach used to be used for swimming pool lights all the time in these parts, but is now not allowed....besides, those "deck boxes" were in concrete, not in soil.
I have scoured the forums here, and found lots of relevant info (handholes, etc.) but nothing that quite explains how this needs to be done, if it's even do-able, legally speaking.
I have found that Carlon now makes a PVC box that has a NEMA 6P rating, but it does not apear to have threaded hubs (not that those are water-tight, anyway). If something like that would do the job, how would the conduit entrances be handled and sealed?
Another idea I got from searching here was to use a condulet or box, inside a handhole. I'm in Los Angeles, and we do get some heavy rains some years...i can envision a handhole, even if installed with some gravel for drainage at its base, filling with water occasionally.
Any and all advice is much appreciated....Thanks.
I have scoured the forums here, and found lots of relevant info (handholes, etc.) but nothing that quite explains how this needs to be done, if it's even do-able, legally speaking.
I have found that Carlon now makes a PVC box that has a NEMA 6P rating, but it does not apear to have threaded hubs (not that those are water-tight, anyway). If something like that would do the job, how would the conduit entrances be handled and sealed?
Another idea I got from searching here was to use a condulet or box, inside a handhole. I'm in Los Angeles, and we do get some heavy rains some years...i can envision a handhole, even if installed with some gravel for drainage at its base, filling with water occasionally.
Any and all advice is much appreciated....Thanks.