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Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 20:18:37 -0700
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I just received a sale catalog from Home Depot today which advertises both 250
ft and 1000 ft rolls of NM wire in 14 thru 10 gage. In Dallas I buried about
3000 ft of both UF and NM for a period of 13 years. It was used for rotator
wiring and relay switching for a 4 sq array. There were no splices in it and the
ends were in wx proof boxes. The leakage between wires in the NM was about 200K
ohms and for the UF was many megohms when I dismantled the towers. 73, Dan, N5AR
Jim wrote:
> Oh, forgot to add............For splicing, just twist, solder and tape with
> GOOD quality tape $ 3.00 to 4.00 roll. There is also a approved "UF splice
> kit" available. Made by 3M. My run of UF is 500 feet long.
>
> Good luck again!
>
> 73 Jim W7RY
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim <jdc@ieway.com>
> To: mihry@argontech.net <mihry@argontech.net>; towertalk@contesting.com
> <towertalk@contesting.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Date: Thursday, August 05, 1999 11:39 AM
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] (no subject)
>
> >
> >There is NO reason to have #14 wires for the direction indicator! I use
> >about 500 feet of # 22 telephone wire for the indicator on my Tail Twister.
> >I also use # 12 or # 14 dont remember which now, for the motor and brake.
> >Remember that 12-3 is with ground. That's 4 wires ! You need a heavy wire
> >for terminal 1, (Gnd) (Use the bare for this) .......2, (Brake)...... 5,
> >(CW motor)........ and 6, (CCW motor). I also have the cap at the base of
> >the tower.
> >
> >I run the UF from the shack to the base of the tower, then heavy duty
> rotor
> >cable from the base to the rotor that is 100 feet from the base of the
> >tower. I have no trouble turning the Tail Twister in the wind or the
> extreme
> >cold.
> >
> >
> >Good luck! and 73!
> >
> >Jim W7RY
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Michael D. Ihry <mihry@argontech.net>
> >To: towertalk@contesting.com <towertalk@contesting.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> >Date: Thursday, August 05, 1999 12:41 AM
> >Subject: [TowerTalk] (no subject)
> >
> >
> >>
> >>Check me out on this please:
> >>
> >>I got a flyer from Lowe's hardware (Indianapolis) today - They're
> >>selling UF-B 10/2 for $62.49/250ft, 12/2 for $34.79/250ft, and 14/2 for
> >>$25.39/250ft.
> >>
> >>I will require nearly 600 ft cable to top of tower. T2X manual calls
> >>for 500-800 ft to use #10 for terminals 1 and 2 (motor) and #14 for all
> >>the rest. I plan to put the rotor cap at the rotor, thus saving 2
> >>wires.
> >>
> >>Surely we're on the same page so far. If I have 2 romex cables, one
> >>#10/2 and one #14/2, this gives 3x#10 wires and 3x#14 wires. I would
> >>use the black and the white #10 wires for terminals 1&2. This leaves
> >>available the "ground" wire in the 10/2 cable and all 3 wires in the
> >>14/2 cable. How can I best utilize these wires for the remaining rotor
> >>terminals, or does it matter at all? (ONE of the remaining 4 wires
> >>would be #10 and the other 3 would be in the 14/2 cable.) Which of the
> >>rotor wires would you choose for the "odd man out"?
> >>
> >>Is the Lowe's price OK? Is 250 ft spool common, and would it be hard to
> >>
> >>find longer runs, ie could I get the whole 600 ft or so in one piece
> >>elsewhere? If so, where?
> >>
> >>If splices have to be made, how would you make the "best buryable Romex
> >>splice"?
> >>
> >>In my dreams: Inexpensive source of a buryable, 8 conductor cable with
> >>2x#10 and 4x#14...??
> >>
> >>Enough for now - many thanks!
> >>------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >>-----------------------------------------------
> >>WA9ALS - John jfleming@shelbynet.net
> >>Tower Project (photos & guestbook)
> >>http://www.shelbynet.net/~jfleming/towerproject.htm
> >>Amateur Homepage http://www.shelbynet.net/~jfleming/amstart.htm
> >>------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >>-----------------------------------------------
> >>
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: Brian Smithson <brian_smithson@vds.com>
> >>To: WA9ALS - John <jfleming@shelbynet.net>
> >>Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 1999 12:03 PM
> >>Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] Romex and UV?
> >>
> >>
> >>> All the replies I've gotten were copied to TT. UF-B seems the way
> >>> to go.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>--
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> >>
> >
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