[TowerTalk] Pull ropes in buried PVC

[Adam Shirley WJ4X]

I second the use of wire soap. It's cheap and won't damage the jacket. 
You have to watch some petrochemicals as they will slowly erode the 
plastic jacket on your coax.

As far as pulling the wires, I use a nylon fish tape, I use a mouse and 
blow a pullstring into the pipe, then pull the fish tape in with the 
string then pull the cable into the pipe.

I pulled 3 Buryflex, 1 LMR 400, and an 18 conductor 18awg cable in a 3" 
pipe this way to my tower.

73!
  -Adam
   WJ4X



Roger (K8RI) wrote:
> 
> Jim Hargrave wrote:
>> It helps to lubricate the coax with a lubricant that will not harm the coax
>> outer cover. I have used silicon spray lube with good success. There are
>> probably some light weight grease that would work. The white marine lub is
>> probably safe also.
>>
>>   
> Use the stuff made for doing this...Wire Soap.  It comes in quart 
> bottles and most hardware stores, Lowe's, Home Depot, and electrical 
> supply stores will have it.  The best prices will most likely be the Big 
> box stores or surprisingly the local hardware stores.
> 
> 
> 73
> 
> Roger (K8RI)
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