What type of PVC Conduit Tubing is being used to protect control cables and coax that is being buried? Looking at two 3 to 4 inch conduit.... I'm finishing a 2ft deep trench to my towers and looking
If you want to be compliant with the national electrical code, you should be using electrical conduit (the grey stuff). You should be able to get Schedule 40 at the big stores, if you find a wholesal
I was not worried about electric codes when I buried mine out to my two towers. I used sched 40 PVC water pipe, also known as 125PSI white PVC or something similar to that at the local supplier. The
This is how I handled it. http://www.rogerhalstead.com/ham_files/cablebox.htm Roger Halstead (K8RI, EN73 & ARRL Life Member) N833R, World's Oldest Debonair (S# CD-2) www.rogerhalstead.com What type o
Schedule 40 and "schedule A" or "125 psi" aren't the same thing. Sch 40 is thicker wall. Sch 80 is even thicker. Electrical and water Sch40 PVC conduit are about the same cost. The water pipe is whit
I just used the white schedule 40 crap... its heavy... No problems to date. 73 de w5gm At 10:35 PM 4/14/2004, Rich Hallman - N7TR wrote: What type of PVC Conduit Tubing is being used to protect contr
Rich i plan on using 2" Plastic Carlon PVC (the grey stuff at lowes). before you buy it at Lowes or Home Depot check with your local electrical supply house(s)... here they beat Lowes by a considerab
Hello Rick, Roger's approach is similar to what I've used for the last seven years. In my installation, two boxes are on the outside, one at the house and the other at the tower base. Each box has a
Buy the drainage tile 6" black stuff real cheap in most places it gives a lot of room for more cables wires don't forget to place drain holes in the pipes for water to drain out condensation to. Kevi
Rich: If the choice is between 3 and 4 inch conduit, go with the 4 inch. Also, as others here have said, use sweeps not elbows for your angle turns. The sweeps are large radius curves that don't forc
Personally I've used 4 inch black corrugated drainage pipe (perforated) with good success. It's very flexible and allows one to make long radius sweep elbows and I've never had a problem pulling new
At 09:58 AM 4/15/04, K4GMH wrote: My control cables are 12/2 (with ground) or 14/3 (w/ ground) NM electrical cable - the stuff you get at Home Depot or Lowes. The control cables are terminated at the
Your right Jim I went back and looked at what I bought it was the white 125PSI pipe, like I said meeting electrical code is the very least of my worries. The white pipe worked great for me though, an
Another thing to keep in mind when running your underground conduit, of whichever type you decide to use... At least consider running an extra one, though perhaps not as large as your primary. Having