[TowerTalk] Underground PVC Tubing?

[Pete Smith]

At 09:58 AM 4/15/04, K4GMH wrote:
>My control cables are 12/2 (with ground) or 14/3 (w/ ground) NM electrical 
>cable - the stuff you get at Home Depot or Lowes.  The control cables are 
>terminated at the boxes.


I have a bunch of UFB -- the buriable type of Romex -- in my station, but 
recently I have discovered that cheap CAT3 network cable makes a perfectly 
adequate solution for switching things like Stackmatches and TopTen relay 
boxes.  The current drawn by those relays is really tiny, rendering the 
voltage drop acceptable even on long runs.  Rotators, or course, are 
another story.  IO am also using DIN plugs and jacks in my bulkhead -- they 
are rated at an amp at over 100 volts, so there is a lot of headroom in a 
control application.


73, Pete N4ZR
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