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@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Richard
> (Rick) Karlquist [richard@karlquist.com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2014 2:43 PM
> To: Ingrid Johnson-Evavold; towertalk@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.
>>
>> 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!
>>
>> Ingrid Johnson-Evavold
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