[TowerTalk] irrigation tube as conduit

[Ingrid Johnson-Evavold]

Thanks for the replies.  I actually succeeded yesterday afternoon. I painstakingly uncoiled the irrigation hose without kinking it and unwound the wire to do the same thing.  I then vacuumed the cotton ball attached to a piece of braided light line all the way through 100 meters of tubing (it flew - about 30 seconds).  My husband then pushed on the wire while I pulled from the other end, managing not to break the pull line.  Next stage - trenching.

And my husband said it couldn't be done!! 

About five years ago I directly buried an exterior grade wire that has since failed, likely from shifting with the frost.  I am hopeful that this configuration will last a very long time.  Thanks for your help.

Ingrid
On Jun 12, 2014, at 2:04 PM, Al Kozakiewicz wrote:

> 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
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> 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.
>> 
>> 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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