[TowerTalk] Pull rope twisted in conduit

[kk9a at arrl.net]

I have a 350 foot - 4" diameter conduit that I have fished wires through
several times.  I have many many wires in the conduit and I would never
consider pulling them all out just to add additional wires.  I install an
extra 12ga electrical wire and use that for pulling future wires.  When I do
add wires, I dig up the end by the tower and remove the  fittings so I can
pull straight out of the pipe.  If you can do that at both ends you'll
really benefit as angle fittings (even 45 degree ones)  add a lot of
resistance.  Also use plenty of pull  lubricant.

73,
John

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Idelson" <k1ir at designet.com>
To: "TowerTalk Post" <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 14:51
Subject: [TowerTalk] Pull rope twisted in conduit


Hi everybody,

I pulled a couple of small cables through my 100 foot 3" conduit that goes
from
the house to the tower. This time it was extremely difficult. I can't even
pull
 the cable another inch. I'm lucky that it's just sticking out the other
end.
Seems like the pull rope is twisted around some of the cables; and getting
worse every time I pull something else through. What's the best way to deal
with this?

A. Start using cable pull lubricant and don't wory about it?

B. Fish a new pull rope through the conduit? If this is the right answer,
what's the right way to do it? This sounds like the proper thing to do, if I
can figure out how.

73!

Jim Idelson K1IR
email    k1ir at designet.com
web    http://www.designet.com/k1ir

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