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Video - [1]
Tracer wire (blue) is required for potable water, sewer (green), gas (yellow).
Tracer wire is not required for electrical. Warning tape is a good idea.
- Mike Holt 2008 - warning ribbon is required for direct burial cables, whether in conduit or nott? [2]
- This one says warning tape is not needed if you use conduit [3]
- Practically speaking, warning tape is useful. Use 12" or more above the line. [4]. Point is: someone WILL dig your lines in the future. Things are modified all the time. If I had warning tape here, I would know where the first grid extension is. Now, I have to rely on a metal detector or other means.
6 colors all together - [5]
Energized electrical is dangerous becuase it has no telltale signs, unlike gas or water [6]
non-contact voltage tester - [7]

Different techniques are used. Radar can find pipe, or induction-based emitter/sensor. Or the tracer wirewhere you connect to a wire. [11]
There is jetting-vaccuum to dig in sensitive areas. Could do pressure washer as needed.

It's the jacket: dog fence, which claims most reliability for burial - is 14AWG XHD [12]. 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.

Useful Amazon reviews - clip to ground and wire you want to trace. Then use the sensor. [13]
Harbor Freight [14] - manual []
You energize a wire and use a detector - [15]
Another - [16]

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 *Video - [https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ALeKk026QG9BbsZl0rNsBS9KmerMgczY_w%3A1602863734253&source=hp&ei=dsKJX6q8DJDYsAXHkpG4Cw&q=is+tracer+wire+required+for+water+line&btnK=Google+Search&oq=how+to+configure+nvidia+geforce+gtx+1650+super+on+linux+mint&gs_lcp=CgZwc3ktYWIQAzIFCCEQoAEyBQghEKsCMgUIIRCrAjoOCAAQ6gIQtAIQmgEQ5QI6DgguELEDEMcBEKMCEJMCOggILhDHARCvAToLCC4QsQMQxwEQowI6CAgAELEDEIMBOggILhCxAxCDAToFCAAQsQM6AggAOgQIABAKOgYIABAWEB46CAghEBYQHRAeOgcIIRAKEKABUMsQWOmzAWD8tAFoBnAAeACAAeQGiAGhS5IBDTExLjQ3LjMuMi42LTGYAQCgAQGqAQdnd3Mtd2l6sAEG&sclient=psy-ab&ved=0ahUKEwiqz4DcvLnsAhUQLKwKHUdJBLcQ4dUDCAk&uact=5#btnK=Google%20Search&kpvalbx=_HT7HYtvhBvWtqtsP7riAiA016]
 *Tracer wire (blue) is required for potable water, sewer (green), gas (yellow).
-*Tracer wire is not required for electrical.
+*Tracer wire is '''not required for electrical'''. Warning tape is a good idea.
 **Mike Holt 2008 - warning ribbon is required for direct burial cables, whether in conduit or nott? [https://forums.mikeholt.com/threads/300-5-d-3.50604/]
 **This one says warning tape is not needed if you use conduit [https://www.neca-neis.org/code-question-of-the-day/code-question/cqd-for-4-9-2010#:~:text=The%20National%20Electrical%20Code%20(NEC,placed%20in%20the%20trench%20at]