From: vaughnsimon@gmail.com   
      
   On 2/14/2012 2:11 PM, j wrote:   
   > But I wonder, how does buried UF   
   > get damaged that wouldn't damage plastic conduit?   
      
   PVC, especially Schedule 40 PVC, will stop a shovel. That same shovel   
   can easily damage UF cable.   
      
   The worst situation is when UF just gets nicked. Months or years later,   
   when you have forgotten all about where you dug up that bush, the cable   
   will finally succumb to the wound.  It will either short to ground, or   
   burn open.  Now you can't pinpoint the fault, so the only way to fix it   
   is to dig a new ditch.   
      
   On the other hand, When you damage conduit, you simply dig a pothole,   
   fix the conduit, then pull new conductors.  No new ditch!   
      
   > I suppose two or even   
   > three conduits would give you room to expand or replace.   
      
   Yes, and the "expansion" might not even be electrical. I have water and   
   air lines going out to my shed.   
      
   >   
   > For most labor intensive projects these days I rely on little Spanish   
   > speaking guys!   
   >   
   Don't remind me!  We just a bunch of those busy little guys swarming the   
   roof of our house.  Brand new concrete tile roof.  The roofing they tore   
   off was over 50 years old.  That roof cost more than double what I paid   
   for my first house!   
      
   Just think of it as economic stimulus.  :-)   
      
   (Getting back to solar) Not wanting to penetrate that expensive roof is   
   one big reason why I'm unlikely to ever have a big solar system.   
      
   Vaughn   
      
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