[TowerTalk] irrigation tube as conduit

[Al Kozakiewicz]

I once pulled 14-2 UF (rated for direct burial) through about 300' of 1" tubing (behind home plate to outfield for scoreboard power) with no effort using the vacuum cleaner method to place the pull line and a helper to keep the cable from kinking.

Al
AB2ZY

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From: TowerTalk [towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Richard (Rick) Karlquist [richard at karlquist.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2014 2:43 PM
To: Ingrid Johnson-Evavold; towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] irrigation tube as conduit

First, if the wire is carrying 120 volts, forget about
this and use real conduit.

Getting a wire through 100 meters of plastic irrigation tubing
is quite difficult.  Success at shorter distances was reported
on this reflector using the technique of applying tension
to the plastic tubing to force it not to kink.  You may also need
conduit pulling lubricant.

Rick

On 6/11/2014 7:06 AM, Ingrid Johnson-Evavold wrote:
> Greetings.
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> I would like to run a wire underground through irrigation tubing for 100 meters - down to an electrical fence that surrounds my honey bee colonies.  I have a question about what you ran through the tubing to then pull your wires through.  And - is there any trick to unrolling the tubing so it does not develop any kinks?  Thanks for any help you can provide!
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