[TowerTalk] Re: rope thru conduit.

[Sid Ashen-Brenner]

         How many 300 ft fish tapes have you seen lately?
When this thread (re)started, the guy was talking about a 300 ft (or 
longer) run.
Having fished many wires through many conduits, I've used almost all the 
methods
that have been mentioned at one time or another.  For long runs with less 
than 360
degree's of bends, the vacuum method works just fine.
         Real world, however you do not often go that far without more than 
4 90 degree
bends .. and the required junction boxes.

                 73 de Sid   n0obm

At 16:14 11/17/2003 -0800, you wrote:
>Why not fish tape?
>
>
>Jim Zellmer <jim at ka0vsl.com> wrote:
>
>A shop vac does work great. Tie a plastic bag to a piece of nylon siene
>cord that is long enough for the length of the run. The vaccuum with suck
>the plastic bag thru quicker that you can snap your fingers. A bread sack
>worked for me ia a 1 1/2 " run. Tie a polypropolene rope on to the end of
>the seine cord and pull that back thru if you need something stronger to
>pull with, easier on your hands too. Don't forget the pull goop, sometimes
>referred to as "slickum" by the old electrian I used to work with.
>
>Jim Zellmer, KA0VSL


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