Remote wired temp sensors

[aethos]

I formerly had one of those mysterious septic lines that runs uphill from the tank. It made sense after I realized that the drain field was higher than the tank and that the tank contained a pump with float switch.
As for locating buried lines, another useful approach would be to hire a dowser to map out the lines, or learn to dowse yourself. I’ve done it for years.

On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 8:20 PM, Chad Gard <chad at holeinthewoodsfarm.com> wrote:

> That's actually a great idea. We have no way of locating things like
> propane lines, septic lines, drain tile, water lines, etc that is
> nonmetalic. two years ago this month, I hired someone to put in a water
> mainline from my well to the back of our field, and electric to four
> outbuildings. He hit:
> - the existing water line (it went 90 degrees from a straight line
> between the well and house
> - the power mains (while he was looking for them
> - the phone/dsl lines (were flagged incorrectly)
> - drain line for our geothermal (open loop system)
> - a mysterious septic drain line that runs uphill from the tank
> - The water line we were replacing/upgrading
>
> I hand dug up the propane line (plastic) for fear he would hit it. It
> was buried about 3 inches...
>
> Granted, I specifically hired the job out because I knew it would be
> difficult to avoid all of the utilities through one section, but,
> something like a wire above the utilities would have really helped...
>
> Chad
>
> On 2019-10-18 13:25, Chuck wrote:
>> We have to run 14g green copper wire 2 feet down in all buried
>> utilities so they can be located. Even drain fields can have to have
>> wire on top of the pipes. Any digging is scanned before digging to
>> make sure there isn’t anything in the way.
>>
>> Chuck
>>
>>> On Oct 18, 2019, at 3:16 AM, Charlie Pendleton
>>> <charlie at pendletonweb.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> …And remember to lay the yellow caution tape about a foot above them
>>> so if anyone is digging they will bring the tape up first and know to
>>> proceed with caution, or by hand.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Charlie-
>>> On Oct 17, 2019, 10:01 PM -0400, Brian Williams <brwill at me.com>,
>>> wrote:
>>>> Hi Chuck,
>>>>
>>>> It is an interesting and ambitious project. Good luck with it.
>>>>
>>>> My only suggestion is that you dig a wide trench of the appropriate
>>>> depth and lay all your utilities in parallel, spaced on the bottom.
>>>> Heaven forbid that something should ever need to be uncovered for
>>>> repair, but being one atop another would add complexity to the
>>>> daylighting efforts.
>>>>
>>>> Regards, Brian
>>>>
>>>>
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