[TowerTalk] Pulling wire

[Marc Wullaert]

My experience:

Several years a go I put a big plastic pipe (8inch dia) under the house to
the towers.
There are several coax'es 7/8 in them ,and a lot of controlwires.Those pipes
came out at
the towers and coax'es en control wires (rotor -switching) moving up at
thetower.
2 years ago I chanced the whole antenna system and placed kabinets at each
tower.
When I toke all the cabels out the pipes most off controlwires where
strangled around coax
and others wires.A lot off work.
I have now taped 2 control wires at 1 coax and vica versa.Yes I had some
spare coax and controlwires
so putt it  all in.I'f something go wrong a have another control cable.And
if something wrong with a
coax (I dont think for the first 20years) I can easely checked with the
labels and remove them easely.

for pull rope I use a small SS cable.Making a plan off all wires and label
them.Very easy even in the dark
O yes "I have lights in the cabinets"
marc on4ma

----- Original Message -----
From: <K4BEV at aol.com>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 7:17 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Pulling wire


> Some FB ideas have been presented in the "Pull rope in PVC" thread.
>
> Also, ALWAYS:
> Pull AT LEAST 10% spares for control wires and coaxial cables.
> Go up AT LEAST one size larger conduit than needed. There are tables
> indicating how much of what will fit in which size of conduit.
> Label everything at both ends.
> Make a drawing, or (better) take a picture of the run before its covered,
if
> buried.
> Use stranded THHN or similar (has a slick jacket) for control wires. MTW
> (soft jacket) is great for making bends in a panel, but NO fun to pull
through
> anything.
> One word -- Wire Lube! I like Ideal Yellow 77 - Works great, lasts a long
> time, won't hurt the insulation.
> Pull more out than needed at the end of the run and carefully inspect
every
> wire. If ANY are roughed up pull the entire run back out and find the
problem.
> This is almost never a problem with plastic pipe, but a burr missed when
> cutting steel conduit can create real problems later.
> 90 degree fittings are OK for control wire (no more that 360 deg total) ,
but
> use sweeps if coax is involved.
>
> If you tape your wires together before a pull - Remove ALL tape before it
> enters the conduit.
> If you ever need to remove a wire, or use one as a pull, you won't be able
to
> if the wires are taped together.
>
> Have fun,
> Don - K4BEV
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