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Re: [TowerTalk] Romex for Rotor cable?

To: Steve Jones <n6sj@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Romex for Rotor cable?
From: George Dubovsky <n4ua.va@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 20:16:10 -0500
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Go ahead and use the Romex. You aren't allowed to run mains voltage
(120/240) in the same conduit as non-power cables, which is not your
application.

73,

geo - n4ua

On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 8:10 PM, Steve Jones <n6sj@earthlink.net> wrote:

> A while back on TowerTalk I saw a comment that a nice solution for long
> 8-conductor rotor cable runs is a pair of "12-3 with a ground" Romex
> cables,
> which provides eight conductors.  I'm thinking of using this arrangement
> for
> a roughly 300' run in my underground conduits.  But I also spotted a
> comment
> that running Romex in underground conduits violates NEC code.  Is this a
> code formality or is there a real problem using Romex in conduits?  The
> voltage won't be more than around 30 VDC.
>
> 73,
> Steve
> N6SJ
>
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