Section 105 IAC 16-1-15 - Requirements for installation of tracer wireAuthority: IC 8-23-2-6; IC 8-23-5-10
Affected: IC 8-23-5-10
Sec. 15.
(a) Tracer wire shall be installed in accordance with the permit plans and specifications to assist with conduit locates.(b) Tracer wire shall be a single conductor, high strength copper clad steel, orange color jacket, HMWPE, insulation, #12 American wire gauge wire. The HMWPE jacket shall be a minimum of thirty (30) millimeters in thickness. The wire shall have a minimum break load of four hundred twenty-five (425) pounds and made of fully annealed, high carbon 1055 grade steel. Tracer wires shall be rated for use at thirty (30) volts. Wire connectors shall be waterproof.(c) New continuous tracer wire shall be placed into each run of conduit to a handhole and shall be provide [sic, provided] in the same conduit with all fiber optic cables. A minimum of three (3) feet of tracer wire shall be securely tied off inside of a terminating handhole.(d) The tracer wire shall be securely fastened inside of the handhole or vault. A waterproof wire nut or direct burial connector shall be connected to each end of the tracer wire to prevent corrosion. At vaults with splice enclosures, the tracer wire shall be connected to the enclosure and connected to the wire lead for the fiber optic locator post.(e) Tracer wire is not required to be installed in above-ground conduits and empty conduits that are part of a duct bank that contains a non-dielectric, conductive cable. When multiple cables are to be installed in a conduit, all cables shall be pulled simultaneously to prevent friction damage to the cable insulation. Spare and empty conduits shall not be utilized to install the tracer wire.Indiana Department of Transportation; 105 IAC 16-1-15; emergency rule filed 12/16/2021, 12:43 p.m.: 20211222-IR-105210537ERA, eff Jan 1, 2022