Electrical Conduit vs. Cable: Which is best for your project? 

Thank you for clearing that up for me.

Great video, thanks!

Thanks for sharing

Really helpful, thanks!

I've been watching ev charger or nema 14-50 for tesla charger video installing and couldn't find any video explaining in details like yours. Especially the Non Metallic Liquid Tight Flexible Conduit. I am planning running it from electric panel down to crawlspace (20ft) then outside for another 50 ft using this type of conduit. Then bury the gray PVC schedule 40 for burying 18" under the ground. Now I know NMLFC an be buried like a pvc. Learned something!

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Some good info here, but......per the NEC you CAN NOT use THHN wire in an outdoor/underground application. It is rated for dry use only. Underground in conduit is considered by the NEC as a damp/wet location. This requires THWN rated wire. Typically you can buy dual rated THHN/THWN-2 wire.

Just a correction, if it is rigid metal galvanized conduit it has to be buried 6” below grade and that’s to the top of the conduit not the bottom as that confuses people. And pvc is generally 18” to the top of the conduit with the exception of if it’s 120 volts circuit and gfci protected before it comes outside and goes into the ground can be buried at 12”. Now with that said using the flexible conduit buried in the ground is kind of a gamble as the whole subject to physical damage thing comes into play which is why they require even rigid pvc to be schedule 80 thick wall pvc when exiting the ground up to 8’ and down into the ground 18” if I’m not mistaken. It all depends on the inspector and if he interprets it to be in a physically damaging area. To avoid hitting it and breaking through it with like weed eaters and lawn mowers specifically the weed eater with the metal blade instead of the string, but just a safety thing. Just throwing some info at you. But I like your videos. Keep up the good work.

Veryyyyy informative. Thank you. If one wanted too, can they use the flexible pipe from the outside of a house that runs 50ft straight & buried 18" in ground and out to a supposed outlet which has romex 12gague running thru it? You've mentioned not running romex in the flex pipe but running single THHN wire, but why can the romex yellow jacket (hot, neutral and ground) run?

Great video, man! I wanna install a 30amp power inlet for a generator to power my house after a power outage. I’ll probably use 50-60 feet of wire that runs from the back of my house to the front (where main panel is located). Given the scenario I’ve mentioned, what type (brand?) and gauge wire and what type of conduit should I use? Or if you could give me a full list of what I’ll need that’d be great😅

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