Tracing and Utility Marking
DETAILS:
Can-Con is your source for for locator / tracer wire, utility marking products, testing stations and accessories essential to locating and identify buried pipeline utilities for gas, oil, telecom, electric, water and sewer.
TRACER WIRE
Open Trench/Direct Burial
Open trench or open cut is the simplest method of installing tracer wire and does not require the strength that would be necessary in directional drilling or pipe bursting applications.
Recommended Options:
Our flexible copper tracer wire is available in 6-18 AWG solid and stranded bare copper. Standard products are PE insulated with a .030” or 0.45” nominal wall with other insulation thicknesses available upon request. UL listed for direct burial applications, flexible copper is available in any standard color.
Flexible Copper
Tracer Wire PE30
6-18 AWG PE Insulated Bare Copper
UL Listed for Direct Burial
Flexible Copper
Tracer Wire PE45
6-18 AWG PE Insulated Bare Copper
UL Listed for Direct Burial
Agave Wire’s flexible copper clad steel tracer wire used for locating buried pipe is available in 6-18 AWG copper clad steel. Standard products are PE insulated with a .030” or 0.45” nominal wall with other insulation thicknesses available upon request. UL listed for direct burial applications, flexible CCS is available in any standard color. Click below for more details on our PE 30 and PE 45 products.
Copper Clad Steel
Tracer Wire PE30
6-18 AWG PE Insulated CCS
UL Listed for Direct Burial
Copper Clad Steel
Tracer Wire PE45
6-18 AWG PE Insulated CCS
UL Listed for Direct Burial
High Strength Copper Clad Steel
Tracer Wire PE30
10-14 AWG PE Insulated CCS
UL Listed for Direct Burial
High Strength Copper Clad Steel
Tracer Wire PE45
10-14 AWG PE Insulated CCS
UL Listed for Direct Burial
Historically THHN has been used as a minimum requirement that meets the specification. We highly advise against this option as the nylon PVC coating deteriorates and will cause signal failures in the direct burial application.
Directional Drilling
Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) is required where minimal surface disturbance is required. Some instances include sidewalks, roadways, buildings or other surface level structures. This method of installing tracer wire requires a much higher strength or break load to withstand the harshness and pull strength of the machine. Several options are recommended including:
Agave Wire’s extra high strength (EHS) copper clad steel tracer wire used for locating buried pipe is available in 10-14 AWG PE insulated copper clad steel with a .030” or 0.45” nominal wall. UL listed for direct burial applications, EHS copper is available in any standard color. Click below for more details on our PE 30 and PE 45 products.
- BT-1201
- BT-1001
- BT-0901