[TowerTalk] IN SEARCH OF PVC Tubing to Bury...

[Jim Miller KG0KP]

4 inch flexible ribbed drain tubing in the garden department at home depot 
( and Lowes, I suspect).  Comes in 10 ft lengths and 50 ft rolls at least. 
seems like it was about a dollar a foot.  For long distances you will 
appreciate the ribs and the larger tubing for minimizing the cable drag and 
entanglement when pulling the cables through it.

1500 feet ???  You'll need a big fire to get any smoke out of the other end.

73, de Jim KG0KP

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "WA3GIN" <wa3gin at comcast.net>
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Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 5:30 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] IN SEARCH OF PVC Tubing to Bury...


> Sorry,  I forgot to mention the distance was 1500ft.  That is a lot PVC 
> glue
> ;-)
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
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> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 6:27 PM
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>> Hardware store... grey electrical plastic conduit.  A 10 foot x 1" stick
>> will cost about $2.00.
>>
>> BTW, always put in at least one size bigger than you think you'll ever
>> need.  And, once the ditch is open... put in a spare conduit, too.
>>
>> It's recommended that you drill drain holes at the lowest point of the
>> run.  I've done it both with and without drain holes.  In fact, I just
>> pulled out a 10 gauge 4 conductor run from some conduit in preparation
>> to pulling in 6 gauge wire....  the 10 gauge was bone dry and it's been
>> down there for at least a year without any drain holes.
>>
>> John KE7JA
>>
>> WA3GIN wrote:
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>>> Source suggestions welcome,
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