I once pulled 14-2 UF (rated for direct burial) through about 300' of 1" tubing
(behind home plate to outfield for scoreboard power) with no effort using the
vacuum cleaner method to place the pull line and a helper to keep the cable
from kinking.
Al
AB2ZY
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From: TowerTalk [towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Richard (Rick)
Karlquist [richard@karlquist.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2014 2:43 PM
To: Ingrid Johnson-Evavold; towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] irrigation tube as conduit
First, if the wire is carrying 120 volts, forget about
this and use real conduit.
Getting a wire through 100 meters of plastic irrigation tubing
is quite difficult. Success at shorter distances was reported
on this reflector using the technique of applying tension
to the plastic tubing to force it not to kink. You may also need
conduit pulling lubricant.
Rick
On 6/11/2014 7:06 AM, Ingrid Johnson-Evavold wrote:
> Greetings.
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> I would like to run a wire underground through irrigation tubing for 100
> meters - down to an electrical fence that surrounds my honey bee colonies. I
> have a question about what you ran through the tubing to then pull your wires
> through. And - is there any trick to unrolling the tubing so it does not
> develop any kinks? Thanks for any help you can provide!
>
> Ingrid Johnson-Evavold
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