[AFMUG] Poly well pipe as conduit

[Adam Moffett]

A customer ran 1600' of polyethelyne water pipe instead of a conduit for 
a fiber drop cable.  He asked me before hand if it was ok, and I said 
"It doesn't bother me, but check with code enforcement to make sure it's 
ok."  I had assumed code would tell him to get a conduit instead of a 
water pipe.  He says they told him it was fine.

I could direct bury the cable, so it truly doesn't matter to me what the 
type of pipe/conduit is.  I'm just surprised that it wouldn't be an 
issue for code enforcement.  My belief is that fiber optic cables are 
within the scope of NEC and that NEC calls for listed conduit.  Am I 
mistaken?