Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Sat, 15 Jun 91 00:48:40 EDT From: Tony Harminc Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Looking for Inexpensive Outside Wire Message-ID: Organization: TELECOM Digest Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 455, Message 1 of 14 Lines: 21 Rolf Meier wrote: [recommendation for using garden hose as conduit] > It turned out that I was unable to pull the wire more than about 25 > feet before it started to bind against the hose. Since I had already > bought the hose, I ended up splitting the hose the full length, > inserting the wire, and then taping the hose together again. > It was really false economy. Next time, I would get the true > direct-burial cable. What you need is wire pulling compound. It's usually gloopy yellow stuff that comes in a giant squeeze bottle or a can. You can, of course, use almost anything slippery, but grease etc. may damage the insulation over time. Tony H.