[TowerTalk] Pull Rope in Conduits?

[Adam Shirley WJ4X]

The problem with that is the pullstring gets tangled in your cabling
when you pull... It's best to blow in a new line for each new pull.

73!
 -Adam
  WJ4X

On 10/24/2011 5:58 PM, Pete Raymond wrote:
> 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>
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> Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 1:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Pull Rope in Conduits?
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>> 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
>>
>>
>> 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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