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Student of the obvious
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Short in conduit that was filled with water... any chance of fixing this?
Related to the water leak under my slab:
Our kitchen island has two outlets. The electrical runs through plastic conduit that goes into the slab. About the time water started bubbling up, the GFI located on the wall outlet, tripped. I've verified that there's a short in the wire running into the conduit, but can't begin to imagine what to do about it. I'm assuming that the other end of this plastic conduit is somewhere inside the wall. The shop vac pulled > two cups worth of water out of the conduit. I'm thinking that if the wire's insulation were intact the water wouldn't have been an issue. Chance are that the conduit was the path the water took to the kitchen floor indicating that it's cracked at some point. Any suggestions?
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03-13-2008, 05:40 PM
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Sure its not time to start looking at running pipes into the attic? More and more leaks and shorts are not a good sign...
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03-13-2008, 05:45 PM
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If you are able to pull wire through the conduit get some insulated wire meant to be buried in the ground. The stuff is stiff as hell, but if you don't have a lot of bends you might be able to get it pulled through.
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03-13-2008, 06:18 PM
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Update: Look like everything's ok. After sucking the water out of the conduit and a bit of time the GFI outlet is no longer tripping... and there was much rejoicing!
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03-13-2008, 06:49 PM
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no question its there
what happened is some concrete penetrated into the pvc after curing wires were poured not enough lube was used used more lube this time just find your box
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