[TowerTalk] Romex for Rotor cable?

[Pete Smith N4ZR]

Instead of Romex, use UFB - rated for direct burial, so certainly OK for 
a conduit.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 3/1/2012 8:10 PM, Steve Jones 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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