At 09:03 AM 9/19/2005, Scott Neader KA9FOX wrote:
>At my new QTH, I buried 4 inch drain tile (the stuff with the bumps & drain
>holes) from the house to the tower. Two runs of the stuff. 300 ft from
>house to tower. Mainly for small wires (rotor, relays, etc.) and perhaps
>some future small coax runs. 8 runs of hardline were also placed in the
>trench, as was some direct bury AC (3 runs of 12-2 if I remember
>right). But I digress...
>
>Can you recommend a type of rope that can sit in the drain tile without
>disintegrating and also handle the duty of pulling some small coax, rotor
>wires, etc?
The utilities use fairly inexpensive polypropylene rope or twine for pull
lines around here (southern california). I don't think it has any special
treatment. The smallest diameter I've seen has been probably 1/4" or
3/8". You get the stuff in a cardboard box that self spools out the middle.
http://www.electrical-supply.net/category.asp_Q_parentID_E_13
Has some.. a 5 gallon pail for $30, rated at 230lbs. That's polyolefin, so
it might be a bit stretchy.
Typical usage is to use the cheap twine to pull a better rope/tape through
that you then pull the cable through with.
>Thanks & 73!
>
>
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