I think it just has to be conductive and jacketed. Jacketed because the
locator transmitter will want to have only one ground connection, and if
you're accidentally grounded on water in the pipe I'm not sure what will
happen.....but I'm guessing you wouldn't be able to trace past that
spot.
A 14ga THHN would do the job. Some cables have a tracer wire built in.
------ Original Message ------
From: "Paul McCall" <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Sent: 7/8/2017 11:59:58 AM
Subject: [AFMUG] Trace wire for fiber going in duct.
Newbie questions…
We are doing conduit for a business park (14 buildings) and to the RR
tracks for a path to Miami. Conduit is almost finished and as an
afterthought I was thinking of placing some kind of locate wire in the
pipe, so we can “register it” with One -Call service (in Florida) and
make I easier for future people to locate my stuff.
Did I mention it was a newbie question right?
What do I put in?
Paul McCall, President
PDMNet, Inc. / Florida Broadband, Inc.
658 Old Dixie Highway
Vero Beach, FL 32962
772-564-6800
[email protected]
www.pdmnet.com
www.floridabroadband.com
