[TowerTalk] Conduit ends?

[Gene Smar]

TT:

     The oval-shaped gizmo Dick's referring to is called a service entrance
weather head.  Just in case the guy at the parts counter needs an
explanation.


73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F



Another approach for the tower end is to use special cable exit fixtures
available for electrical conduit. If a termination box is not used, these
could be attached to a vertical section of conduit at the end of the run.
The fixture is sort of a large oval thing that bends over like the head of
bird at the end of a long neck. Reminds me of a flamingo or a crane. The
fixture has holes in the bottom for the cables to exit. This allows moisture
to drip down off the cables, keeping it out of the conduit. You might see
terminations like this next to light poles or other utility fixtures. Where
a termination box is used, the fixture can be used on the cable runs that
enter the box -- this would be used for the cable entrance instead of the
bulkhead feedthroughs I used.

Hope this helps.

73, Dick WC1M


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