Hello, I am looking to run electricity from my house out to an detached garage and am planning on running the wiring underground in PVC conduit. Where the wiring begins on the outside wall of the house I have buried electrical (main feed from pole underground), and cable/internet underground direct burial wiring in the vicinity of where I would like to start the new run of wiring to the detached garage. I planned on burying the new electrical wiring down 18 inches deep in the ground in the PVC.
I started doing some exploratory digging right on the outside wall of my house and found direct burial Coax wiring buried 12 inches in the ground and runs parallel with the house (pictured in the bottom of the hole). The concrete pad the house sits on protrudes out about 6 inches from the wall so I need the bring the wiring out at ground level and go downward next to the slab. Is there an issues (interference, safety) with running the wiring directly underneath the coax wiring? I figured someone will probably ask this, I did call the Dig Safe service for my area and was told all of my utilities are "privately owned" by me and therefore he utility companies would not mark out where the underground lines are running. In the picture imagine the electrical wiring running down the wall in PVC (beginning at the utility box pictured on the upper right side) and abuting out about 6 inches past the edge of the concrete and then running down, past and then underneath the coax wiring and out across the yard (perpendicular to the house pictured) to the garage. Appreciate any feedback on whether this may present any issues...
I started doing some exploratory digging right on the outside wall of my house and found direct burial Coax wiring buried 12 inches in the ground and runs parallel with the house (pictured in the bottom of the hole). The concrete pad the house sits on protrudes out about 6 inches from the wall so I need the bring the wiring out at ground level and go downward next to the slab. Is there an issues (interference, safety) with running the wiring directly underneath the coax wiring? I figured someone will probably ask this, I did call the Dig Safe service for my area and was told all of my utilities are "privately owned" by me and therefore he utility companies would not mark out where the underground lines are running. In the picture imagine the electrical wiring running down the wall in PVC (beginning at the utility box pictured on the upper right side) and abuting out about 6 inches past the edge of the concrete and then running down, past and then underneath the coax wiring and out across the yard (perpendicular to the house pictured) to the garage. Appreciate any feedback on whether this may present any issues...
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