[TowerTalk] Wet setting conduit?

[Gary Schafer]

What advantage is there to having it come up in the tower base? I would 
put it along side and not in the concrete.

73
Gary  K4FMX


Gene Smar wrote:
> Craig:
> 
>      I've seen this done on many of my projects when I designed electrical
> power distribution substations for a power company.  Typically this
> technique is used when one crew installs facilities like underground
> cable-in-conduit systems encased in concrete within the substation proper,
> and another crew continues the conduit system underground to the next
> station.  This is exactly what your contractor is proposing.
> 
>     I would caution, however, against installing too many of these embedded
> conduit sweeps in the tower base.  Without doing the math, it would seem to
> me that too many (number is open to discussion/debate/calculation) such
> columns of air within the concerete mass might jeopardize the mechanical
> strength of the base itself.  Caveat Amateur!
> 
> 73 de
> Gene Smar  AD3F
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Craig Sande" <ae7i at yahoo.com>
> To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 1:29 PM
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Wet setting conduit?
> 
> 
> 
>>I am planning a tower base pour and my contractor has already dug the
> 
> hole, framed it, and inserted the base.  When it comes to placement of the
> conduit, he has suggested "wet setting" the conduit sweeps.  The way he
> described it to me is that rather than creating a trench to the base ahead
> of time and bracing the conduit, he plans on partially filling the hole with
> concrete, then submerging the conduit sweep to the wall of the hole with
> some form of foam protective cap.  Then after the concrete has fully set, he
> will trench down along the side of the concrete base, ream out the
> protective foam cap, and extend the conduit to the house, ground trenches,
> etc.
> 
>>Has anyone ever heard of this technique?  I've tried to find information
> 
> on the internet without much success.
> 
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Craig, AE7I
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