[metoo21]

I need to run another wire from outside into the cabinet. Do the wires exit outside directly below the low voltage cabinet? Or is there conduit routed elsewhere? My irrigation boxes are 10 ft away from the cabinet and all I can see is that the irrigation lines exit dirt in there. And how deep would the lines exit on the outside?

[villagetinker]

Originally Posted by metoo21

I need to run another wire from outside into the cabinet. Do the wires exit outside directly below the low voltage cabinet? Or is there conduit routed elsewhere? My irrigation boxes are 10 ft away from the cabinet and all I can see is that the irrigation lines exit dirt in there. And how deep would the lines exit on the outside?

You need tp provide more information, location of the house, age of the house, type of house, etc., what type of wires, cable TV, other?

In our case all the EXTERNAL wiring leaves out the bottom of the low voltage box, and the INTERNAL wiring leaves out the TOP of the box. When a new cable TV cable was needed, Comcast drilled a hole in the wall and routed a flex conduit from the low voltage to the new hole.

Hope this helps as this is a guess.

[metoo21]

I'm in the south part of the villages. House is almost 2 years old. Cinder block construction. Current wires are cable TV & irrigation which leave the bottom of the cabinet and internal coax and ethernet wires leave the top of the box. Need to know where the cables may enter from the outside.

[Altavia]

Originally Posted by metoo21

I'm in the south part of the villages. House is almost 2 years old. Cinder block construction. Current wires are cable TV & irrigation which leave the bottom of the cabinet and internal coax and ethernet wires leave the top of the box. Need to know where the cables may enter from the outside.

For recert construction, those wires likely enter via a conduit buried outside the house across from the cabinet in the garage.

[villagetinker]

OK, ours are in conduit for a SHORT distance, and then direct buried, so if you are asking because you will be digging in the area, be careful, small shovel and by hand do not force with your foot.

[metoo21]

Thanks. I didn't want to dig up the entire flower bed down the house wall looking for potential conduit. If it exits the house directly below the cabinet then I've got a good starting point. Any idea how deep it is?

[Altavia]

Originally Posted by metoo21

Thanks. I didn't want to dig up the entire flower bed down the house wall looking for potential conduit. If it exits the house directly below the cabinet then I've got a good starting point. Any idea how deep it is?

Less than a foot (if my memory is correct.)

Mine has a circular box for inspection of the ground rod connection nearby.

[bargee]

Call one of the Utilties involved and request a mark out of UG wires.

[vintageogauge]

They are not very deep and are pretty close to hugging the house all the way from your box to the main box near to your house outside. Our cable wire (built in 2017) is orange so easy to see when you start to dig down looking for them.

[metoo21]

Since it is supposed to rain tomorrow, I'm going to try locating it Wednesday. One of my TV cables is also orange and exits the same conduit in the low voltage box as the irrigation wires.

[metoo21]

I found it today. In order to potentially help someone else here is where I found mine.

In the garage the low voltage panel is to the left of the breaker box.
On the outside of the house, the low voltage panel would be to the right of the electric meter box (if you could see it) because the meter box is directly behind the breaker box.
The house ground comes out of the bottom of the meter box probably close to the middle (left to right) of the meter box.
Using a small hand garden shovel, carefully dig around the grounding conduit. Once you dig down, there should be a green ground wire that has a warning not to disconnect on it. This will be the ground wire that is connected to your TV cable in the low voltage cabinet. Follow that wire. It will lead you to the external conduits.
Assuming all low voltage panels are a foot or so away from the breaker box inside, the external conduit outlets from the low voltage box should be within a foot of the house ground conduit and about 12 - 18 inches deep.
I ran my new wire in one of the empty conduits. However, that conduit was plugged with dirt up to about 4 inches in so I had to use a screwdriver to dig the dirt out.

Hope this helps someone. Oh, I needed the new wire to connect a flowmeter to my irrigation water line so my Rachio 3 controller can notify me if there is excessive water use as when a sprinkler head is damaged and needs replacement or when there may be a leak.

[Altavia]

Nice - Thanks for the follow up!

[Spartan86]

Thanks for the info. I use Rachio too. Which flow meter did you go with?

[metoo21]

Originally Posted by Spartan86

Thanks for the info. I use Rachio too. Which flow meter did you go with?

EveryDropMeter 1004-EX

My valves are on the same side of the house as the low voltage box. My neighbor is installing one but his valves are on the opposite side of the house from the low voltage box. We ran the wire up from the low voltage box into the attic and over to the other side of the house. We had to bore a hole in the soffit and used PVC electrical conduit for the wire run down the side of the home to the ground.

They recommend shielded wire so I purchased what I needed here: P7162D Shielded Flow Sensor Cable By The Foot

BTW, did you know the Rachio 3 can monitor your valves too? On the first page in the app, there is an option to add this. It is a one time charge of $29.99 (purchase within the app). It monitors mA draw on each valve and will notify you if there is a significant change.

[Spartan86]

Thank you!