Relocating from a pole strung line to underground. Digging and laying conduit myself. Thoughts, earnings or recommendations?
Yeah, the problem is I need to run down the fence line and there are mature trees along the way...Kenneth_2003 said:
I laid all of the utilities when my parents built. We did this so we could specifically protect trees. Rule of thumb try to stay out from underneath the crown. Won't always be possible, but try to live by that.
Man I ended up with some DEEP trenches when the trench with gas & water with overlying telephone had to cross above the electrical. I think the trench was over 5 ft to get the necessary separations.
Buy a spool of "Caution High Voltage" tape and bury it in the trench a foot or two above the conduit.
There are derating factors for the cable ampacity if you go that deep for too long of the run.Kenneth_2003 said:
I laid all of the utilities when my parents built. We did this so we could specifically protect trees. Rule of thumb try to stay out from underneath the crown. Won't always be possible, but try to live by that.
Man I ended up with some DEEP trenches when the trench with gas & water with overlying telephone had to cross above the electrical. I think the trench was over 5 ft to get the necessary separations.
Buy a spool of "Caution High Voltage" tape and bury it in the trench a foot or two above the conduit.
Fleen said:
Yes, main line
811 contacted, BTU line designer has already been out, left all spec. documentation. Going to use a trenches, a little worried about cutting through some tree root systems...
Kenneth_2003 said:
Buy a spool of "Caution High Voltage" tape and bury it in the trench a foot or two above the conduit.
Dr. Venkman said:There are derating factors for the cable ampacity if you go that deep for too long of the run.Kenneth_2003 said:
I laid all of the utilities when my parents built. We did this so we could specifically protect trees. Rule of thumb try to stay out from underneath the crown. Won't always be possible, but try to live by that.
Man I ended up with some DEEP trenches when the trench with gas & water with overlying telephone had to cross above the electrical. I think the trench was over 5 ft to get the necessary separations.
Buy a spool of "Caution High Voltage" tape and bury it in the trench a foot or two above the conduit.
OP, sounds like you are just concerned about your tree roots which a trencher will eat up. Only other option is to do it with a shovel (what kind of soil do you have?) and other hand tools and be careful.
Post your design. Depth, length of run, ampacity of circuit, cable and conduit size, type of conduit, etc.