As long as we are on the topic, which would be better? 1) secure the 4 inch conduit sections together in the trench and then fill in the trench with dirt on top so the sections could not move when pu
I assembled the conduit sections by sliding the sections one by one over the batch of cables. This batch consisted of 2 runs of 1/2" hard line plus a rope messenger. I drilled weep holes on the under
Correction. I've *since* pulled 2 runs of RG-11 and a control cable through. _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list Tow
If I can put the conduit together "in the trench and under tension" then it makes little difference when I put the coax in. In the case of being able to keep the conduit under tension I do not glue i
Since we are talking ground cables . . . I happen to have at least 33 new, still in the package: Andrew Sureground LDF5 Grounding Kits 2 hole field attached lug Type SGL5-15B4 Any interest? I'm thril
I might suggest adding a marker underground when you close in the trench. When I ran conduit water lines from the well, and electric lines between the house and the barn and hamshack the trench was 5
Weep holes are a great idea, but I suggest you also line the bottom of the trench with gravel so the drained water has a place to go. Dick on it will -- Dick Flanagan K7VC dick@k7vc.com _____________
Remember than in many areas of the country/world that many areas have the water table with inches of the surface at least part of the year. I use no weep holes in the current conduit as from the time
Weep holes are a great idea, but I suggest you also line the bottom of the trench with gravel so the drained water has a place to go. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Back in 1997, I installed a set of three conduits, 4", 2.5" and 1", running 265' down a fairly steep hill to a crankup tower and some other antennas. The 4" conduit contains two coax runs (it was ori