gianmarco
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On the side of our house where all the lines/gas/etc comes in, there's a box that has the wiring that goes out back to our pool equipment. I'm pretty sure it's a 220 line, but, it's definitely substantial as there's a box on the pool panel with 8 breakers on it and these lines are what feeds it. It's a long run, all underground, installed 20 years ago when the house was built.
There's been some settling of the ground where this is and the conduit where these lines run has come apart. I wanted to try and dig around it and see if I could pull it back up, but it makes a 90 degree turn and there's just no give or play to it and I'm afraid of breaking what's in the ground.
I called an electrician, and he said it's basically going to be a few hours of work to pull the wire out, modify the conduit, and reinstall the wire. In other words, not particularly cheap.
Now, if that needs to be done, then so be it. I went to look for some kind of coupling materials at Home Depot but the guy I asked, when he looked at the picture, said I definitely do not want to do that. He advised it's against code and would also be dangerous.
So, any ideas on how to take care of this without calling the electrician? Or does it even have to be? I don't want water/animals getting inside this so I've duct taped it in the meantime. Here's the pictures:
Conduit coming apart
Digging around it
Current situation
There's been some settling of the ground where this is and the conduit where these lines run has come apart. I wanted to try and dig around it and see if I could pull it back up, but it makes a 90 degree turn and there's just no give or play to it and I'm afraid of breaking what's in the ground.
I called an electrician, and he said it's basically going to be a few hours of work to pull the wire out, modify the conduit, and reinstall the wire. In other words, not particularly cheap.
Now, if that needs to be done, then so be it. I went to look for some kind of coupling materials at Home Depot but the guy I asked, when he looked at the picture, said I definitely do not want to do that. He advised it's against code and would also be dangerous.
So, any ideas on how to take care of this without calling the electrician? Or does it even have to be? I don't want water/animals getting inside this so I've duct taped it in the meantime. Here's the pictures:
Conduit coming apart
Digging around it
Current situation
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