It has nothing to do with the money, just never occurred to me to put it in conduit since I had direct bury wire. I have put 50k cash into this project, a couple hundred bucks makes no difference but like I said it never occurred to me. If I have an issue later then I will take an hour to dig the trenches again with the excavator and a day to run new lines and conduit. If I don't ever have an issue then good for me.50 to 60 feet would cost $35 to $45 for 3/4" PVC SCH 40 for underground and an additional $12 for the SCH 80 needed above grade. The 15 feet is a no brainer.
Penny wise and pound foolish is no way to go thru life. If that amount for conduit will break you...........
I just trenched in 240 feet of 2" SCH 40 PVC plus needed 15 feet for the SCH 80 ends. I also trenched in 130 feet of 1.5" SCH 40 and an additional 20 feet of SCH 80 for the shop system. 2 years ago I trenched in 420 feet of 1.5" from array to house.
The 2" will only contain four 10AWG AC current carrying conductors at this stage. Down the road, I might run 4/0 and the conduit will be large enough.
Plan ahead, spend the money once and wisely, you forget about what it cost yesterday when you need to pull wire again or change the system.