If its a straight run and no bends 100' should go smoothly. Any rope will
be fine, that cheap 3/8 poly trucker rope is plenty good enough. A few half
hitches around the bundle and some tape to secure it is all I've ever done.
Home Depot etc has the lube, don't think you need all that much. I don't
know if there's a need to tape the bundle - it would lie flatter untaped
and make more room for the next pull. Plus you can pull out a cable that
way or use it to pull in another. But always keep in mind: Run as much as
you can in the first bundle - i.e. put a spare run or two if you can, plus
all that you need. The second time will always be tougher. The problem is
the pull line you leave in there to pull "next time" will often become
spiralled around the other cables, greatly increasing friction and could
damage the existing bundle. If you have room, I'd pull in a run or two of
3/4 PVC water pipe with a fish line in so you have a nice smooth channel
for the "next time".
73 Don
VE6JY
On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 8:07 PM, Dick Dievendorff <dieven@comcast.net>wrote:
> I’ve never run anything through conduit before.
>
>
>
> I have a 100 foot long 3” conduit between house and tower, and in that
> conduit I hope to run two ½” coax cables, three 3-wire ROMEX cables
> carrying
> 24V for three different rotators, two 8-conductor (CAT-5 like) cables for
> an
> antenna switch, and three two-wire cables for the rotator position
> indicators. It’s a good-sized bundle. There are no 110 AC power lines in
> the bundle.
>
>
> I think I need to pull all this at once, with lubricant, and include a
> length of pulling rope or tape in the bundle for “next time”. I believe
> that I want to pull these through all at once in order to avoid risk of
> damage to cables already installed.
>
>
>
> What’s the right sort of lubricant for this? What quantity should I buy?
>
>
>
> I have some light nylon “fish” cord that I think I can pull through with a
> small wadded up plastic bag and a shop-vac. After I have that pulled
> through, I assume I attach it to a hefty pull cord. What sort of pull cord
> should I be shopping for?
>
>
>
> Any tips on tying the “bundle” to the cord so that I have a smooth thing to
> pull? I have Kellums Grips suitable for ½” coax, but not for anything
> else.
> Is this a “pulling eye”?
>
>
>
> I presume I want one person on each end that can communicate, one to feed a
> smoothed bundle in one end while the other pulls.
>
>
>
> Should I tape the whole bundle together every few feet?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Dick, K6KR
>
>
>
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