Is it safe to bury your air conditioner lines and electrical in cement


Trip , Tuesday, 17th of August 2010 11:35:07 AM

l moved my condenser unit around the corner of my house, and ran the 
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refrigerant (with rubber insulation), electrical, and other associated a/c 
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lines along the ground against the foundation.In a week, a company is 
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coming to pour concrete and put p-gravel there, so it will all end up 
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buried in concrete.Is it safe to have all this stuff running through 
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concrete?The #8 AWG wire is running with the rest of it, but its all wire 
tied together.
 
 
 
 
 

Shorty , Wednesday, 18th of August 2010 05:54:22 AM

whether it is safe or not you can not then fix those wires if  
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something goes wrong and you need to. I would never have anything put  
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into cement.  
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King Kong , Thursday, 19th of August 2010 08:12:28 PM

Under no circumstances, should the copper lineset for the a/c  
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come in contact with anything except plastic,rubber, other copper, or  
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brass. Other materials, especially masonry, will RAPIDLY expedite the  
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corrosion process of the copper. The lineset needs to be ran in what we  
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call a ''soil pipe which is nothing more than a 4'' pvc pipe, with a  
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45-degree elbow at each end, where you turn into, & back out of the ground  
(or in ur case, the slab). Also, the high-voltage wiring needs to be ran in  
a non-metallic conduit.  
 
 
 
 
 

beemac , Friday, 20th of August 2010 02:02:10 PM

Re-route the wire in PVC conduit trying to minimize the use of  
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elbows then it is not a problem for future wiring options  
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Boo , Saturday, 21st of August 2010 01:24:34 AM

no it is not. Like all electric appliances, they'd generate  
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heat and keeping them buried under cement will not allow them to breath.  
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This means they are more likely to burn out the fuse, or cause sparks.  
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