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AJJewsbury:

I suspect that the ducting will fill with water that can not drain away, so the S.W.A. cable will suit in water forever.

It shouldn't be too difficult to arrange the ducting so that it'll drain. At home I've got a few 'access points' (just a couple of inspection chamber risers with a lid on top, with a sheet of geotextile across the bottom to keep the soil out but let water seep away) - it should then be relatively easy to ensure that each length of ducting has a slight fall to an access point. In a couple of places where for aesthetic reasons the access point doesn't want to be visible, the top's just left a few 10s of cm below the surface and covered over.

   - Andy.

Yes Andy very sensible, but I am not in charge of laying the ducting. Mr. Ex. Anglian Water man with his digger has taken over. So the routing and details are out of my hands. He is only there to do some garden landscaping, but he has shown an interest in the running of cables, and the owner follows along.


Z.

AJJewsbury:

I suspect that the ducting will fill with water that can not drain away, so the S.W.A. cable will suit in water forever.

It shouldn't be too difficult to arrange the ducting so that it'll drain. At home I've got a few 'access points' (just a couple of inspection chamber risers with a lid on top, with a sheet of geotextile across the bottom to keep the soil out but let water seep away) - it should then be relatively easy to ensure that each length of ducting has a slight fall to an access point. In a couple of places where for aesthetic reasons the access point doesn't want to be visible, the top's just left a few 10s of cm below the surface and covered over.

   - Andy.

Yes Andy very sensible, but I am not in charge of laying the ducting. Mr. Ex. Anglian Water man with his digger has taken over. So the routing and details are out of my hands. He is only there to do some garden landscaping, but he has shown an interest in the running of cables, and the owner follows along.


Z.