Greg-VA
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I posted this yesterday in the Electrical Forum and thought I should also post this here as well due to the experience of this forum on the subject.
If submersible well pump wire is classified as THW, then can any THW(or mtw, thhn, etc.) PVC jacketed copper (stranded or solid) conductor be used for a submersible well pump? At 10 AWG there seems to a choice between solid or stranded - which would be preferred? At current costs, three reels of 10 AWG THWN would be cheaper than one reel of 10-2 w/G twisted submersible cable. What was used decades ago before "submersible" classified wire was available?
Thanks!
(PS: I am going ~400FT to pump form well cap, so costs mount!)
If submersible well pump wire is classified as THW, then can any THW(or mtw, thhn, etc.) PVC jacketed copper (stranded or solid) conductor be used for a submersible well pump? At 10 AWG there seems to a choice between solid or stranded - which would be preferred? At current costs, three reels of 10 AWG THWN would be cheaper than one reel of 10-2 w/G twisted submersible cable. What was used decades ago before "submersible" classified wire was available?
Thanks!
(PS: I am going ~400FT to pump form well cap, so costs mount!)
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