Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: 17 Jun 91 18:52:37 EST From: "Barton F. Bruce" Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Looking for Inexpensive Outside Wire Message-ID: Organization: Cambridge Computer Associates, Inc. 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 464, Message 8 of 9 Lines: 23 In article , mitel!Software!meier@ uunet.uu.net (Rolf Meier) writes: > In article mailrus!ulowell!wex@uunet. > uu.net writes: > [recommendation for using garden hose as conduit] >> Anyhow, the hose provides very good protection from shovels provides a >> conduit for pulling/replacing wire ( if you put in an extra pull wire, > 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 Real rubbery hose would probably be the worst. The cheap vinyl hoses would be better, if large enough. The quite inexpensive polyethylene pipe often used for buried lawn sprinklers works well and comes in very long coils -- 400' or even 1000' are easy to find. The real key to easy pulling is LOTS of good commercial wire pulling compound liberally slathered on the cable.