Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience.

2023-01-27 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
: Chris Fabien Sent: Friday, January 27, 2023 7:02 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience. There are times visual contact is just not practicable without extreme expense. We have a lot of sandy seasonal high water table

Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience.

2023-01-27 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
: Chris Fabien Sent: Friday, January 27, 2023 7:02 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience. There are times visual contact is just not practicable without extreme expense. We have a lot of sandy seasonal high water table

Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience.

2023-01-27 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
Interesting... This is what I was talking about. Looks a bit difficult and time consuming to get a good result. From: Carl Peterson Sent: Friday, January 27, 2023 11:31 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience. Has

Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience.

2023-01-27 Thread Carl Peterson
---Original Message- > From: Chris Fabien > Sent: Friday, January 27, 2023 7:02 AM > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience. > > There are times visual contact is just not practicable without extreme > exp

Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience.

2023-01-27 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
of thing. It would work where GPR would not work. -Original Message- From: Chris Fabien Sent: Friday, January 27, 2023 7:02 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience. There are times visual contact is just

Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience.

2023-01-27 Thread Chris Fabien
ia AF > Sent: Friday, January 13, 2023 2:23 PM > To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' > Cc: Chuck McCown > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience. > > > > I pothole 100%. Crazy expensive not to. > > > > From

Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience.

2023-01-13 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
passing through an empty void in the earth is not excavation. From: dmmoff...@gmail.com Sent: Friday, January 13, 2023 12:26 PM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience. I said it poorly. I was thinking more about

Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience.

2023-01-13 Thread dmmoffett
I said it poorly. I was thinking more about the “visual contact” rule. From: AF On Behalf Of Chuck McCown via AF Sent: Friday, January 13, 2023 2:23 PM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Cc: Chuck McCown Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience. I

Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience.

2023-01-13 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
I pothole 100%. Crazy expensive not to. From: dmmoff...@gmail.com Sent: Friday, January 13, 2023 10:58 AM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience. “theres law and then theres what guys do.” I had a boss who gave

Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience.

2023-01-13 Thread dmmoffett
Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience. theres law and then theres what guys do. here its 18 inches either side of the outside of the mark. Reason why im anal about this is not liability, sure the guy who didnt pothole is liable

Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience.

2023-01-11 Thread Steve Jones
are crossing. > > *From:* Steve Jones > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 11, 2023 1:05 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience. > > the vertical concern is based in the real world. A guy will beli

Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience.

2023-01-11 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
Jones Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2023 1:05 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience. the vertical concern is based in the real world. A guy will believe his locator and not pothole. by attached i mean a wrap or tape

Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience.

2023-01-11 Thread Steve Jones
. >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jan 9, 2023 at 11:39 AM Chuck McCown via AF >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> All these seem to be UF >>>>> https://www.plumbersstock.com/water-works/tracer-wire.html >>>>> >>>>> *Fro

Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience.

2023-01-10 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
>> *From:* Josh Luthman >> *Sent:* Monday, January 9, 2023 9:37 AM >> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire >> reccomendations/experience. >> >> Don't you have some random copper laying around? Our fiber tracer

Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience.

2023-01-10 Thread Josh Luthman
>>>> https://www.plumbersstock.com/water-works/tracer-wire.html >>>> >>>> *From:* Carl Peterson >>>> *Sent:* Monday, January 9, 2023 10:18 AM >>>> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group >>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury

Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience.

2023-01-09 Thread Steve Jones
uck McCown via AF >> wrote: >> >>> All these seem to be UF >>> https://www.plumbersstock.com/water-works/tracer-wire.html >>> >>> *From:* Carl Peterson >>> *Sent:* Monday, January 9, 2023 10:18 AM >>> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave

Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience.

2023-01-09 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
From: Carl Peterson Sent: Monday, January 9, 2023 10:18 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience. We specced safe-trace with 1800lb pullback strength for our current project and will likely makenthat

Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience.

2023-01-09 Thread Josh Luthman
ock.com/water-works/tracer-wire.html >> >> *From:* Carl Peterson >> *Sent:* Monday, January 9, 2023 10:18 AM >> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire >> reccomendations/experience. >> >> We specced

Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience.

2023-01-09 Thread Steve Jones
wrote: > All these seem to be UF > https://www.plumbersstock.com/water-works/tracer-wire.html > > *From:* Carl Peterson > *Sent:* Monday, January 9, 2023 10:18 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience

Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience.

2023-01-09 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
All these seem to be UF https://www.plumbersstock.com/water-works/tracer-wire.html From: Carl Peterson Sent: Monday, January 9, 2023 10:18 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience. We specced safe-trace with 1800lb pullback

Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience.

2023-01-09 Thread Carl Peterson
e Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience. > > Don't you have some random copper laying around? Our fiber tracer wire is > 24 awg. Just place the conductive wire in the same hole as the water/sewer > lines. The color is kind of pointless

Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience.

2023-01-09 Thread Josh Luthman
ay, January 9, 2023 9:37 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience. > > Don't you have some random copper laying around? Our fiber tracer wire is > 24 awg. Just place the conductive wire in the same hole as t

Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience.

2023-01-09 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience. Don't you have some random copper laying around? Our fiber tracer wire is 24 awg. Just place the conductive wire in the same hole as the water/sewer lines. The color is kind of pointless but I

Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience.

2023-01-09 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
. From: Forrest Christian (List Account) Sent: Monday, January 9, 2023 9:28 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience. I'm working on doing specs for a project (home) which will require burying new water and sewer lines on the property

Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience.

2023-01-09 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
The place where the line might end is a sewer line addition. I don't expect that they'll end up digging a new line all the way to the tank, instead I'd expect them to find the existing pipe in the middle of the parking area and dig the new trench to that location, and add a Y of some sort into

Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience.

2023-01-09 Thread Josh Luthman
Don't you have some random copper laying around? Our fiber tracer wire is 24 awg. Just place the conductive wire in the same hole as the water/sewer lines. The color is kind of pointless but I guess you could spend the money and follow the rules *shrug*. If the wire ends the locate ends. Why

[AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience.

2023-01-09 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I'm working on doing specs for a project (home) which will require burying new water and sewer lines on the property. I'm tired of not being able to locate these after they're buried so I plan on having the contractor bury some tracer wire along with the plumbing. I've learned that the best