[TowerTalk] methods of using conduit in the ground for cables

[Dick Flanagan]

Weep holes are a great idea, but I suggest you also line the bottom 
of the trench with gravel so the drained water has a place to go.

Dick

At 03:30 PM 4/5/2011, Guy Molinari wrote:
 >
 >I assembled the conduit sections by sliding the sections one by one
 >over the batch of cables.  This batch consisted of 2 runs of 1/2" hard
 >line plus a rope messenger.   I drilled weep holes on the underside of
 >each section of conduit as I went.   Then I filled the trench.   I've
 >pulled through 2 runs of RG-11 plus a control cable.   The run is 80'
 >long to one of my towers.
 >
 >Easy squeezzzy.
 >
 >73,
 >Guy N7ZG
 >
 >
 >> From: k7awbgoog at gmail.com
 >> To: TowerTalk at contesting.com
 >> Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 15:14:50 -0700
 >> Subject: [TowerTalk] methods of using conduit in the ground for cables
 >>
 >> As long as we are on the topic, which would be better?
 >>
 >> 1) secure the 4 inch conduit sections together in the trench and then fill
 >> in the trench with dirt on top so the sections could not move when pulling
 >> cables through them, or
 >>
 >> 2) keep the trench unfilled, but the 4 inch conduit sections put together,
 >> and pull the cables through them without the dirt on top?
 >>
 >> As I see it, once you put the dirt on top, there is no going back, but the
 >> conduit does not move. On the other hand, conduit without weight 
on it will
 >> tend to move as the cables as pulled through, especially when the "last"
 >> cable is tried.
 >>
 >> Comments from you who have done this.....
 >>
 >> 73
 >> Steve Sala
 >> K7AWB
 >> DN17es
 >> Nine Mile Falls, WA
 >>
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