Having been an apprentice electrician in a former life for a few yrs, and having only a 160' run of 4" conduit with wires and hardline I can only offer some partial advice. Take it as offered. -Use m
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
On a much more basic level than some of the other replies - and for my simple, straight 40-foot run: 1. Be certain to use "sweeps" rather than "90 angle" fittings. The sweeps provide a more gentle cu
Author: Patrick Greenlee <patrick_g@windstream.net>
Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2015 08:22:58 -0600
Jim, put on your flame retardant longhandles. I posted similarly and took incoming fire for quite a while. Seems some folks refuse to believe that PVC pipe that can hold over 100 PSI on the inside ca
You can probably use a "mouse" and a shop vacuum to get the first lightweight pull string down the conduit. Use the lightweight string to pull a stronger pullrope. I've never pulled 500 feet but wit
Don't you need to bury conduit deeper than the freeze zone? Then frost heave shouldn't be a problem. Buried deep enough the light weight S&D PVC pipe should be plenty strong enough. Buried deep enoug
I ran a 4" conduit for my cabling. I first ran the cables from point A to point B on the ground and then slid the PVC over the cables. Once done I put the conduit/cables in the ground. From point A t
I've pulled miles of stuff through pipe like this, the product you want is referred to as "mule tape" (http://www.pacstrap.com/pullingtape.html) . It is a flat webbing available in a variety of width
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
Author: "Rroger (K8RI on TowerTalk)" <k8ri-on-towertalk@tm.net>
Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2011 21:40:41 -0500
Looks like a neat installation. A couple of things to try. Remove the grid from the far end. With some one on both ends, can you move that piece of coax, or any of the cables in the conduit. If you c
Two things: 1. I find it difficult to believe that condensation is a major problem. The volume of water in the water vapor contained in the air trapped in a conduit is pretty small even if the air wa
Wow..loaded question. I am an Electrician, with a bunch of experience pulling long runs. Here are a few things to consider. 1) Do you plan on pulling this by hand? If so, get help, and use a bunch of
Correction. I've *since* pulled 2 runs of RG-11 and a control cable through. _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list Tow
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 _____________
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
Author: "Steve Davis -Davis RF Co." <sdavis@davisrf.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:29:57 -0400
Hi Dave, Assuming that you likely don't have a commercial code applicable requiring conduit, I would direct bury in sand. LMR 1700 has a good grade of PE outer jacket which is direct bury (note: some
Although a bit late, here is what I have done: http://www.rogerhalstead.com/ham_files/cablebox.htm I've never had a problem using the Nylon rope shown, but I use it to pull the cable that really does
Pat's method is the way to go. I'd be concerned that any attempt to pullin additional cables later would cause damage to the existing installation. For that reason I'd either add spare cables or hav
Couple of half hitches and lots of tape to streamline the end of the cable bundle. I use 3/16" Nylon and contrary to others have never burned a grove into PVC yet. OTOH I use copious amounts of wire
Here are some links and pictures Condux pulling grip on ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/Condux-08642049-Mesh-Pulling-Grips-/320391828972?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4a98d755ec would handle 1