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Repairing a pipe with a wire in it MiamiCuse 10-07-2007
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Posted by MiamiCuse on October 7, 2007, 11:44 am
Hi I have a 1-1/2" PVC pipe that goes underground. Inside of it carries an
electric wire (looks Romex). It runs under the pool deck from one side of
the house, deck is a concrete slab and brick tiles on top.

It runs under a small planter area about 3'x3' in size. My wife wants to
plant some herb in there so I asked the landscape guys to remove all the
existing fern looking plants in the planter area, they pulled them out
quickly but had to use a pick axe to get to the roots. In the process they
broke this small PVC pipe with the wire in it.

Now, I have dug up the dirt and wanted to repair this pipe.

The only thing is, I can cut out a 6" section of this pipe, there is a wire
running through it, so it is in the way of me putting in a new section of
the PVC pipe "sleeve". I cannot think of a way to repair it without cutting
this wire, then insert the sleeve, the move the sleeve to one side, then
mend the wire, the put the sleeve back.

I kept thinking, there must be a gadget I am not aware of that can do this.
Do they have any plastic sleeves or pipes that are actually two half pipes
that you can fit and glue together or something like that?

Thanks,

MC



Posted by Wayne Whitney on October 7, 2007, 11:50 am
> Hi I have a 1-1/2" PVC pipe that goes underground. Inside of it carries an
> electric wire (looks Romex).

It shouldn't be Romex, as that is not approved for underground use.
So double check the cable type--if it is Romex, you need to replace
the whole cable, in which case your conduit repair problem is much
easier.

Cheers, Wayne


Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on October 7, 2007, 11:56 am

>> Hi I have a 1-1/2" PVC pipe that goes underground. Inside of it carries
>> an
>> electric wire (looks Romex).
>
> It shouldn't be Romex, as that is not approved for underground use.
> So double check the cable type--if it is Romex, you need to replace
> the whole cable, in which case your conduit repair problem is much
> easier.

True, but if it is gray and looks like Romex and is marked UF, it is the
right wire for underground work.



Posted by MiamiCuse on October 7, 2007, 12:26 pm

>
>>> Hi I have a 1-1/2" PVC pipe that goes underground. Inside of it carries
>>> an
>>> electric wire (looks Romex).
>>
>> It shouldn't be Romex, as that is not approved for underground use.
>> So double check the cable type--if it is Romex, you need to replace
>> the whole cable, in which case your conduit repair problem is much
>> easier.
>
> True, but if it is gray and looks like Romex and is marked UF, it is the
> right wire for underground work.
>

Thanks,

It looks like romex color is black. I cannot see any markings due to the
short section it's broken off and I hesitate to break off more just to see
where it may have markings.



Posted by dpb on October 7, 2007, 12:28 pm
MiamiCuse wrote:
>>>> Hi I have a 1-1/2" PVC pipe that goes underground. Inside of it carries
>>>> an
>>>> electric wire (looks Romex).
>>> It shouldn't be Romex, as that is not approved for underground use.
>>> So double check the cable type--if it is Romex, you need to replace
>>> the whole cable, in which case your conduit repair problem is much
>>> easier.
>> True, but if it is gray and looks like Romex and is marked UF, it is the
>> right wire for underground work.
...
> It looks like romex color is black. I cannot see any markings due to the
> short section it's broken off and I hesitate to break off more just to see
> where it may have markings.

I wouldn't sweat/worry about it -- being as you're in an area w/ code,
I'd assume proper material would have been used...

As noted in another reply to Edwin who says he saw repair fittings for
plastic, go to your local electrical distributor and get what you need...

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