TL;DR
PVC conduit is rigid plastic raceway for electrical wiring, glued together with solvent cement and prized underground and outdoors because it never rusts and needs no bonding. Schedule 40 serves general buried and exposed runs; thicker-walled Schedule 80 is required where subject to physical damage, such as the stub-up to a meter or charger.
What it means
PVC conduit is rigid plastic raceway for electrical wiring, glued together with solvent cement and prized underground and outdoors because it never rusts and needs no bonding. Schedule 40 serves general buried and exposed runs; thicker-walled Schedule 80 is required where subject to physical damage, such as the stub-up to a meter or charger. The NEC sets burial depths—commonly 18 inches for branch circuits—and long runs need expansion fittings because the material moves with temperature.
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