Is it OK to overlap copper heating pipes with electrical wiring inside aluminum pipes?
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 at
5:58 am
Ricardo Umbro asked:
New electrical wiring (in aluminum piping) on the wall passes very close to and crosses heating pipes that are copper. The copper pipes (from the boiler) give out a lot of heat, would that damage or in any way cause problems with the electrical wiring that is in electrical tubing?
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Filed under: Maintenance & Repairs
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sussex electric
just insulate the pipes with foam in the area where it comes close to the conduit and your fine. otherwise no, the conductors in the pipe are likely only rated at 75c.
~~~example of the insulation i’m talking about
brighton electric
It depends on the code in your area.
Some building codes do not allow plumbing pipes to be in the same wall section as electrical wires.
sussex electrical
dont let the pipes touch or insulate heat pipe .