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 to point B
had a natural pitch to the water would run down towards point B. At
point B I had a Y connection with the egress going to the surface and
the straight end going to a 2' hole filled with stone to deal with the
water. Seems to work fine so far.
On 4/6/2011 12:06 AM, Dick Flanagan wrote:
> 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
>
> At 03:30 PM 4/5/2011, Guy Molinari wrote:
> >
> >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 underside of
> >each section of conduit as I went. Then I filled the trench. I've
> >pulled through 2 runs of RG-11 plus a control cable. The run is 80'
> >long to one of my towers.
> >
> >Easy squeezzzy.
> >
> >73,
> >Guy N7ZG
> >
> >
> >> From: k7awbgoog@gmail.com
> >> To: TowerTalk@contesting.com
> >> Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 15:14:50 -0700
> >> Subject: [TowerTalk] methods of using conduit in the ground for cables
> >>
> >> As long as we are on the topic, which would be better?
> >>
> >> 1) secure the 4 inch conduit sections together in the trench and then
> fill
> >> in the trench with dirt on top so the sections could not move when
> pulling
> >> cables through them, or
> >>
> >> 2) keep the trench unfilled, but the 4 inch conduit sections put
> together,
> >> and pull the cables through them without the dirt on top?
> >>
> >> As I see it, once you put the dirt on top, there is no going back, but
> the
> >> conduit does not move. On the other hand, conduit without weight
> on it will
> >> tend to move as the cables as pulled through, especially when the "last"
> >> cable is tried.
> >>
> >> Comments from you who have done this.....
> >>
> >> 73
> >> Steve Sala
> >> K7AWB
> >> DN17es
> >> Nine Mile Falls, WA
> >>
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