A plastic vertical ?
Hmmmm... What were you going to use for a radiator ? Put a piece of wire
inside of it?
The "weld" of PVC conduit is stronger than the pipe itself. It makes the 2
pieces of plastic pipe 1. The US has been using plastic PVC gray conduit for
years!.... Great stuff!
Good luck!
73
Jim W7RY
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris BONDE" <ve7hcb@rac.ca>
To: "Jim Hill" <w6ivw@cox.net>
Cc: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 3:43 PM
Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] mechanical construction of 80m vertical
> I have been unable to find a supplier of irrigation tubing within a
> reasonable distance.
>
> The other metal tubing that I have been trying to find out more about,
and,
> in some cases have found that they are good but expensive, are;
electrical
> conduit used for the stack, ie that part above the roof line ($$$$$),
> industrial grade top rails for chainlink fencing, looks good but shipping
> the problem for me 20ft lengthas about CA$30 a length, the last was custom
> automobile exhaust tubing, comes in various sizes, can be welded together
> or flared. Should be galvo on the inside as well.
>
> The other one that took my notice was the new plastic electric
> conduit. Have to use the large diameter to obtain wall thickness and
donot
> use the coupling, use a length of the main pipe as a splice or spint over
> the joint. I was wondering about plastic welding, is that as strong as
the
> main pipe as it is in steel pipe welding?
>
> Chris opr VE7HCB
>
>
> At 02:45 PM 2003-03-21 -0800, Jim Hill wrote:
> >Finding tubing isn't easy. I've stopped at a number of businesses in
> >farming areas with little luck. plastic tubing seems to be currently
used.
> >However, the following store in Bakersfield CA is a good choice:
> >
> >The Irrigation Store, 4001 State Road, Bakersfield, CA 93303 661-4421 or
> >800-742-7246. Their web site is: http://www.rainforrent.com/ Their web
> >site shows tubing with end connections, but I thought I saw just plain
> >pipe when I visited them. The web site also shows stores at other
locations.
> >
> >73's Jim
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