[TowerTalk] Pulling wire

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>I can almost guarantee that 'drilling' a hole in the pvc will not 
>work....for long.
> If there is enough moisture to flow down to the hole, it will quickly 
> accumalate enough debris to clog a hole.

I originally used the thin plastic drain pipe. I put in a 45 a short stub on 
the bottom, capped it, and then drilled a whole series of 1/8" holes.  In 10 
years it accumulated a little dirt, but no problems.  The current system is 
using 4" PVC conduit with all joints sealed.  The tower end goes up, into a 
good size Hoffman box where it's sealed with the soft expandable foam. Not 
the yellow stuff that gets hard and springs door and window jams.

The conduit runs undereground from the tower to the basement wall. Now where 
does it get below the frost line.  It's only down about 8 to 10 inches at 
the deepest.  Condensation has not been a problem.

> A REAL TEE or FOUR WAY is the proper technique.
> The suggestion of a dry well with gravel is proper technique.

It's *sometimes* easier to pull past a 45.

BTW, it's so cold outside I had to put the snow blower  in my heated shop 
before I could get it to start.
I burned up the starter, trying to start it out in the garage, but after a 
couple hours in the shop it started on the first pull of the manual starter.

Roger Halstead (K8RI, EN73 & ARRL Life Member)
N833R, World's Oldest Debonair (S# CD-2)
www.rogerhalstead.com

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>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gary "Joe" Mayfield" <gary_mayfield at hotmail.com>
> To: "Terry Gerdes" <terry at ab5k.net>; <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Sent: Friday, December 24, 2004 7:20 AM
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Pulling wire
>
>
>>> What are the thoughts pertaining to condensation in the pvc pipe.  Do 
>>> you
>>> drill holes in the pvc pipe at the low points or just let the cables set
>> in
>>> water?  Thanks
>>>
>>> Terry - AB5K
>>
>> I have always intentionally put in a low spot.  I put a hole in the 
>> conduit
>> under the low spot and put a nice little batch of rocks in the trench 
>> under
>> the hole.  I have never had water fill the conduit (so far).
>>
>> 73 and Merry Christmas,
>> Joe
>> kk0sd
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