Depth to bury PVC conduit [RE-wrenches]

Max Balchowsky max at seesolar.com
Mon Mar 31 11:17:48 PST 2003


In general - 18" is required, there are other depths depending on location
(concrete slab cover etc) NEC table 300.5
If there is a patio slab or walkway you can trench along side and slightly
under and only need 12" of cover, less if its protected by GFCI.......

Max Balchowsky

----- Original Message -----
From: "AJ Rossman" <draker at adelphia.net>
To: <RE-wrenches at topica.com>
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 10:14 AM
Subject: Depth to bury PVC conduit [RE-wrenches]


> Hello-
> Does anyone have a recommendation as to how deep to bury 1 1/2" PVC
> conduit from an array to a LB at the house 100' away?  The soil is a
> silty clay and it is at least 8' to bedrock.  Thanks.
>
> ciao,
> aj
>
> Senior Engineer
> Draker Solar Design, LLC
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Windy Dankoff, Dankoff Solar [mailto:windy at dankoffsolar.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 1:18 PM
> To: RE-wrenches at topica.com
> Subject: Re: effluent pump [RE-wrenches]
>
> >Windy,
> >
> >Since there's no way to effectively separate the many splendid things
> >endemic to sewage effluent (short of burning it) any pump used to pump
> it
> >MUST have the capacity to grind big stuff into little stuff. I know
> this to
> >be true, having had the opportunity of hands-on experience in this
> field for
> >a number of years. :-(
> >With a tiny 100 gallon tank you can be sure that there will be plenty
> for a
> >sewage ejection pump to chew on.
>
>
> I agree, Matt, if that's the case! The only DC masticator pumps I've
> seen are low-lift ones in marine catalogs, so I'd pick the most
> efficient AC one for the job, and have no worries.
>
> Windy
>
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