[TowerTalk] Pull Rope in Conduits?

[Pete Raymond]

Think about pulling another pull rope in with the wires.  Then if you should 
ever need to add a wire there will be a pull rope available to pull the new 
wire through.  Do that every time you pull a new cable through.  Good luck.
73 Pete N4KW

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "john at kk9a.com" <kk9a at bellsouth.net>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Cc: <n6sj at earthlink.net>
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 1:16 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Pull Rope in Conduits?


>I push #14 electrical wire though while I'm gluing the sections together 
>and use that to pull the permanent wires once it's buried.  The glue on the 
>end of the wire has not been an issue.
>
> John KK9A
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> To:  <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Subject:  [TowerTalk] Pull Rope in Conduits?
> From:  "Steve Jones" <n6sj at earthlink.net>
> Date:  Mon, 24 Oct 2011 08:51:04 -0700
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> I'm about to place a number of 150' Sched 40 PVC conduits between my shack
> and new tower.   I want to end up with small 200 lb. stength nylon twine 
> in
> each conduit, then use that small twine to pull through a larger 1/4" 
> nylon
> rope for the actual cable pulls.
>
> Should I use a fish tape to pull through the small twine as I glue on each
> additional section of conduit?  I'm concerned about the PVC cement 
> sticking
> to the nylon twine.  Or is there an easy way to install the small twine
> after a whole 150' run of conduit is completely glued together?
>
> 73,
>
> Steve
> N6SJ
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