[TowerTalk] Plastic Pipe to Bury Coax?

[Roger (K8RI)]

John Frazier wrote:
> Hey folks....
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> I have been using BuryFlex with excellent results.  I'd like to use some LMR cable and take it under ground via plastic pipe for a 30 foot run.  Is there any special pipe I need or will any of the "standard" PVC pipe work?
>   
Just remember the "old rule of thumb".  Decided on the maximum number 
and size of cables you may ever run in the conduit. THEN *double* that 
size (at least). 

I happen to like PVC conduit, but water pipe and particularly drain pipe 
makes an inexpensive alternative.   I buried drain pipe to carry the 
water away from the downspouts. I found it works well as a conduit. 
I prefer conduit, yet I do not use compound on the joints, unless you 
count a little grease to get them to go all the way to bottoming out. 
Even then, the larger sizes of PVC are not expensive at $3 or $4 per 10' 
section.

My wife is planting shrubs at each end of the shop. They dug into the 
big conduit going to the tower this morning. Had I used a lighter 
material it would have torn it out. Instead it just left some scrape 
marks on the conduit.

73

Roger (K8RI)
> Thanks, and 73 John W4II
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