- 1. [TowerTalk] irrigation tube as conduit (score: 1)
- Author: Ingrid Johnson-Evavold <evavold@centurytel.net>
- Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2014 09:06:57 -0500
- Greetings. 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 thr
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- 2. Re: [TowerTalk] irrigation tube as conduit (score: 1)
- Author: "Joe K2UF" <joe@k2uf.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 13:10:47 -0400
- I am not sure how big your irrigation tube is. What I have done several times in the past is tie a small plastic bag to a length of small dia. Dacron rope. Put the plastic bag in one end of the pipe.
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-06/msg00133.html (8,458 bytes)
- 3. Re: [TowerTalk] irrigation tube as conduit (score: 1)
- Author: "Richard (Rick) Karlquist" <richard@karlquist.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 11:43:55 -0700
- 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 r
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-06/msg00134.html (8,221 bytes)
- 4. Re: [TowerTalk] irrigation tube as conduit (score: 1)
- Author: Al Kozakiewicz <akozak@hourglass.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 15:04:41 -0400
- 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 l
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-06/msg00135.html (9,532 bytes)
- 5. Re: [TowerTalk] irrigation tube as conduit (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron W8RJL" <youngron@verizon.net>
- Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 23:09:46 -0400
- Ingrid Not sure what voltage you need at your bees (probably 115 VAC) but you might want to consider doing the following: 1. Get a step down transformer 115 VAC to 24 VAC. Buy 100 meters of direct bu
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-06/msg00136.html (11,073 bytes)
- 6. Re: [TowerTalk] irrigation tube as conduit (score: 1)
- Author: Ingrid Johnson-Evavold <evavold@centurytel.net>
- Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 15:30:12 -0500
- Thanks for the replies. I actually succeeded yesterday afternoon. I painstakingly uncoiled the irrigation hose without kinking it and unwound the wire to do the same thing. I then vacuumed the cotton
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-06/msg00137.html (10,882 bytes)
- 7. Re: [TowerTalk] irrigation tube as conduit (score: 1)
- Author: Patrick Greenlee <patrick_g@windstream.net>
- Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2014 07:34:14 -0500
- There have been varying reports regarding success using the drip irrigation tubing as conduit. I had read of failures and problems but decided to try for myself and succeeded. Subsequently I received
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-06/msg00139.html (12,200 bytes)
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