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*It's the jacket: dog fence, which claims most reliability for burial - is 14AWG XHD [https://www.petstuffwarehouse.com/dogfencewireinfo.aspx]. They say that THHN (thermoplastic high heat nylon) is inferior to XHD. | *It's the jacket: dog fence, which claims most reliability for burial - is 14AWG XHD [https://www.petstuffwarehouse.com/dogfencewireinfo.aspx]. They say that THHN (thermoplastic high heat nylon) is inferior to XHD - ot doesn't last underground | ||
*The above indicates no difference between dog fence and tracer wire. | |||
=Tracer Kit= | =Tracer Kit= | ||
Revision as of 21:21, 7 July 2022
- Video - [1]
- Tracer wire (blue) is required for potable water, sewer (green), gas (yellow).
- 6 colors all together - [2]
Sourcing
- Gas tracer wire - $22/100ft - [3]
About
- Different techniques are used. Radar can find pipe, or induction-based emitter/sensor. Or the tracer wirewhere you connect to a wire. [4]
- There is jetting-vaccuum to dig in sensitive areas. Could do pressure washer as needed.
About Wire Quality
- It's the jacket: dog fence, which claims most reliability for burial - is 14AWG XHD [5]. They say that THHN (thermoplastic high heat nylon) is inferior to XHD - ot doesn't last underground
- The above indicates no difference between dog fence and tracer wire.
Tracer Kit
- Useful Amazon reviews - clip to ground and wire you want to trace. Then use the sensor. [6]
- Harbor Freight [7] - manual []
- You energize a wire and use a detector - [8]
- Another - [9]