Larry: The really good ideas have already been expressed. I have a couple of things that you might want to consider if your particular layout makes them sensible. I have a 200 foot run from the house
I found a good thrust bearing from www.WB0W.com he had one on display that was CNC out of stainlees steel with a good radial bearing to take the load bearing was out of stainless to. Con tact him sin
Patrick and all -- Patrick makes a very good point and I am planning to remove both the old coax and the 14-2 wiring. To clarify (again) there was never 117VAC on that 14-2. I used it because it is a
As Dennis says below this is the way to do it, I would also pull an extra length of coax through, in a year's time you may have another project or an experiment you may want to try. As noted below pu
Author: Patrick Greenlee <patrick_g@windstream.net>
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2018 07:40:20 -0600
Yes there are wire pulling lubricants available at your local big box store. Use plenty, be lavish, it won't hurt your wires or conduit and it will make the job easier. You don't have a real tight f
Dave I only have experience pulling multiple runs of small Heliax and control cables through a much larger 3" conduit. But based on what you're describing, I think you will need to pull out the coax
Hey, Jerry, Electricians - who do this all the time - ALWAYS pull them together when they can. This avoids the ADDED friction of each new cable against all the other cables in the conduit. You can ro
I didn't have nary a drop of water in my 3 inch conduit 6 months ago but I will check again because of all the folks who think all buried conduits have water. It's not that all buried conduit will ha
Ed: My first suggestion to you: Use 4 inch conduit if possible. I used three inch because that was the max width hole my DitchWitch (tm) would cut for me. I should have at least tried to sink 4 inch
Run the pull lines or a few of them as you install the conduit. Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ To
Author: Edward Mccann via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 08:15:57 -0700
And after you get it out, go to Home Depot, spend $12 on a poly-clad bicycle cablelock long enough to wrap around the tree branch or trunk, secure the two eyes with a stainless carabiner or threaded
Bob, Hire a tree climber to remove and re-install, using a rope with lower breaking strength than the wire. Then if it gets snagged again the rope should break not the wire if you pull on it. Also co
Author: "Marlon K. Schafer \(509-982-2181\)" <ooe@odessaoffice.com>
Date: Mon, 7 May 2012 10:14:45 -0700
I've also used a stiff wire or small rod to push through one length of conduit at a time. I'll often put in two pull ropes right away, keeping a spare for future use. marlon _________________________
having a pre-installed pulling loop is a nice thing also. the last time I did it we had to buy one of the Chinese finger trap pulling things... can't just wrap a rope around it like you might with co
David, You can fabricate a sponge ball using foam rubber and cover it with cloth so it will slide. Attach a nylon string to it and suck it thru using a shop vacuum cleaner. Once you get it through, t
Keith et al: When I worked at a local electric utility company designing substations, we had a design rule of thumb for conduit. The total area of the cables when all built out should equal 40% of th
I just pulled three x BuryFlex/9913 plus one x LDF4.5 thru 140' of 3" PVC conduit with 3 x 90deg sweeps. I used lots of Ideal Yellow 77 Plus cable pulling lube. One person pulled and one fed about 3'
Pulling a THNN wire in is common for a pull wire, because of the slickness of the jacket and the availability of the product on construction sites. The soft copper wire lacks the strength to do too m
A different thread prompted me to ask a question about cables in trenches.I want to run a conduit for coax and control/ low voltage, separate conduit for 220 VAC, and a PEX line for water.Can I put i
Goop up the first 10' very heavily. Then a couple of ounces slathered on every 15' are more than enough. The person feeding can do it as the cables go in the conduit. Wear nitrile gloves or the half