[TowerTalk] Water in Conduit...

[Al Kozakiewicz]

Stan,

Of course holes on the bottom of a buried conduit will allow water to drain out if the pipe was filled during a temporary rise in the water table, assuming the surrounding soil will permit percolation. But the only reason water got in there to begin with was that you put holes into the conduit!  The point is that if the condensation of a tiny amount of airborne moisture is an issue, then having the contents of your conduit flooded anytime there is a rainstorm is a bigger issue! 

Condensation is really a non problem. 

Al
AB2ZY

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From: Stan Stockton <wa5rtg at gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 5, 2015 11:24 AM
To: Al Kozakiewicz
Cc: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Water in Conduit...

> On Mar 5, 2015, at 10:06 AM, Al Kozakiewicz <akozak at hourglass.com> wrote:
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>  If you're going to use any kind of drain pipe, it doesn't matter where the holes are.  On the top, on the bottom, sides, it matters not.  Water seeks it's own level.  If you bury a drain hole riddled pipe so that it is below the water table at any time of year - even shallow during a rainstorm - that pipe will completely fill with a quantity of water that eclipses anything you might get from condensation.

I  always assumed burying conduit with a bed of gravel under it and holes down was kinda like a septic line where any accumulation of water from whatever cause would likely drain out.  Certainly contrary to what you write, Al, I would assume it better to have the holes down as opposed to saying it doesn't matter.  Water won't find its own level other than the one created by a solid 4 inch diameter pipe with holes on top.  It could fill with standing water and be there for months while the ground around it had no appreciable water content.

73...Stan, K5GO

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From: Stan Stockton <wa5rtg at gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 5, 2015 11:24 AM
To: Al Kozakiewicz
Cc: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Water in Conduit...

> On Mar 5, 2015, at 10:06 AM, Al Kozakiewicz <akozak at hourglass.com> wrote:
>
>  If you're going to use any kind of drain pipe, it doesn't matter where the holes are.  On the top, on the bottom, sides, it matters not.  Water seeks it's own level.  If you bury a drain hole riddled pipe so that it is below the water table at any time of year - even shallow during a rainstorm - that pipe will completely fill with a quantity of water that eclipses anything you might get from condensation.

I  always assumed burying conduit with a bed of gravel under it and holes down was kinda like a septic line where any accumulation of water from whatever cause would likely drain out.  Certainly contrary to what you write, Al, I would assume it better to have the holes down as opposed to saying it doesn't matter.  Water won't find its own level other than the one created by a solid 4 inch diameter pipe with holes on top.  It could fill with standing water and be there for months while the ground around it had no appreciable water content.

73...Stan, K5GO