[TowerTalk] Wire lubricant for cable pull thru conduit

[Dick Dievendorff]

I’ve never run anything through conduit before.  

 

I have a 100 foot long 3” conduit between house and tower, and in that
conduit I hope to run two ½” coax cables, three 3-wire ROMEX cables carrying
24V for three different rotators, two 8-conductor (CAT-5 like) cables for an
antenna switch, and three two-wire cables for the rotator position
indicators.  It’s a good-sized bundle.  There are no 110 AC power lines in
the bundle.


I think I need to pull all this at once, with lubricant, and include a
length of pulling rope or tape in the bundle for “next time”.   I believe
that I want to pull these through all at once  in order to avoid risk of
damage to cables already installed.

 

What’s the right sort of lubricant for this?   What quantity should I buy?

 

I have some light nylon “fish” cord that I think I can pull through with a
small wadded up plastic bag and a shop-vac.  After I have that pulled
through, I assume I attach it to a hefty pull cord. What sort of pull cord
should I be shopping for?

 

Any tips on tying the “bundle” to the cord so that I have a smooth thing to
pull?  I have Kellums Grips suitable for ½” coax, but not for anything else.
Is this a “pulling eye”?

 

I presume I want one person on each end that can communicate, one to feed a
smoothed bundle in one end while the other pulls.

 

Should I tape the whole bundle together every few feet?

 

Thanks,

 

Dick, K6KR