Tracer Wire For Water Line Installation

When you install copperhead tracer wire and complete locating system you can expect value reliability and the best service industry wide.

Tracer wire for water line installation.

A coated copper clad steel tracer wire of 12 gauge or larger kub item 300362 shall be installed with all buried plastic mains and services. The electrical wire tracer is laid alongside the pipes or lines during installation in order to find them at a later date for safe digging. Recommended 2 6 separation. These two wires are not interchangeable.

Installation install tracer wire along the pipe above or to the side of the pipe. Open cut copperhead industries exclusive high strength copper clad steel tracer wire combines the strength and flexibility of fully annealed high carbon steel with the conductivity and corrosion resistance of solid copper. Ansi gptc install tracer wire as a single continuous wire. Contact with the pipe is allowed but shall be minimized.

A tracer wire system is only as good as its weakest connection. The insulation is a high molecular weight and high density polyethylene which is resistant to abrasions crushing chemicals oils and moisture. Proper installation and location to the pipe termination of the wire and connecting the wire properly when splicing or connecting to a service are very important as well. Step 2 roll out the tracer wire along the pipe taping it to the pipe every 5 feet.

Hold the tracer wire at the start of the pipe near the street and fasten it to the pipe by wrapping it with electrical tape. Many municipalities are writing tracer wire specifications that are too broad. The tracer wire shall be laid within 6 inches of the plastic pipe where practical and directly above if possible. The installation of a tracer wire helps solve many problems for builders and construction workers.

Choosing copper clad steel tracer wire has. Tracer wire should not be wrapped around pipe or connectors except at the riser. Benefits of tracer wire vs. Underground tracer wire is available in sizes 14 through 6 awg in an array of colors depending on the intended use.

Trace wire installation shall be performed in such a manner that allows proper access for connection of line tracing equipment proper locating of wire without loss or deterioration of low frequency 512hz signal for distances in excess of 1 000 linear feet and without distortion of signal caused by multiple wires being installed in close proximity to one another. Step 3 ground. Splicing of wire if necessary shall be done in such a way to. The first step is selecting your tracer wire.

Step 2 connect. They are able to locate the buried pipe quickly and know where it is safe to dig. So when you are designing a piping system either for water or sewage you need to make sure to use tracer wire.