Tracer Wire

About

• Video - [1]
• Tracer wire (blue) is required for potable water, sewer (green), gas (yellow).
• Tracer wire is not required for electrical.
  • 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, if more than 1' above the line. [4]
• 6 colors all together - [5]

Sourcing

• $64 for 500' of 14 ga - [6]
• $140 of 1000' of dog fence wire 14 ga [7]
• Gas tracer wire - $22/100ft - [8]

About

• Different techniques are used. Radar can find pipe, or induction-based emitter/sensor. Or the tracer wirewhere you connect to a wire. [9]
• 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 [10]. 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. [11]
• Harbor Freight [12] - manual []
• You energize a wire and use a detector - [13]
• Another - [14]

Links

• OSE Internet