[TowerTalk] Wire lubricant for cable pull thru conduit

[Larry Loen]

In my case, it was relatively easy.

I used 4 inch pipe and I installed everything at one "go".  No grease.

The reason?  I managed to install the cables at the same time the pipe was
laid.  I managed to get a relatively expensive "digger" so we could safely
enter the hole and move the wire past the occasional snag.

Since I decided to have holes for condensation, and the cable was bury
rated anyway,  I didn't feel the need to glue anything, but I could have
glued the pipe after we ran the cable anyway.

I decided, for better or worse, not to even attempt to service it, so I put
in more coax than required and more control cable as well.  It's all still
new, so we'll see what the future brings, but I don't foresee problems.  I
don't have to worry about any sort of grease sitting in that pipe for the
next several decades.  I suppose I will have the odd bug and maybe even a
lizard or two, but I'm not terribly worried about it.

The redundancy wasn't all that much extra money outside of the coax and 4
inch PVC is cheap and mine was designed to be buried.


Larry Wo0Z