Remote wired temp sensors

[Chuck]

Yes, the wire is always a good idea. It is code in my county where there are lots of septic systems and drain fields. I am surprised that a locator didn’t find the power lines as the don’t need any wire to identify their location. Same with black pipe for gas lines unless the gas lines were the new bendable kind, which should still be locatable with standard locator practices.

Everything on my property that I have installed is wired and charted so that they can be found easily. I also have gone to taking pictures of the project with my drone so that I have an overall picture of the project.

Chuck

> On Oct 18, 2019, at 4:20 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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