You can water pipe in 20ft lengths. That will cut the glue requirements to
1/2.
You can get the thin wall irrigation PVC a little cheaper than Schedule 40.
If you are considering smaller sizes, you can get sprinkler plastic pipe by
the roll.
You can put in more than one run while the ditch is open.
73's Jim - W5IFP
w5ifp@gvtc.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of WA3GIN
> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 5:31 PM
> To: Tower and HF antenna construction topics.
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] IN SEARCH OF PVC Tubing to Bury...
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> Sorry, I forgot to mention the distance was 1500ft. That is a
> lot PVC glue
> ;-)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Ammeter" <jammeter@cablespeed.com>
> To: "Tower and HF antenna construction topics." <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 6:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] IN SEARCH OF PVC Tubing to Bury...
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>
> > Hardware store... grey electrical plastic conduit. A 10 foot x 1" stick
> > will cost about $2.00.
> >
> > BTW, always put in at least one size bigger than you think you'll ever
> > need. And, once the ditch is open... put in a spare conduit, too.
> >
> > It's recommended that you drill drain holes at the lowest point of the
> > run. I've done it both with and without drain holes. In fact, I just
> > pulled out a 10 gauge 4 conductor run from some conduit in preparation
> > to pulling in 6 gauge wire.... the 10 gauge was bone dry and it's been
> > down there for at least a year without any drain holes.
> >
> > John KE7JA
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> > WA3GIN wrote:
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> >> Source suggestions welcome,
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