"Simon" wrote in message
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"John" wrote in message
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wrote:
I have a Mill in France that has a new Borehole, located circa
40
metres away, the Large size conduit (circa 5 inch) is already
buried in
the ground, I am going to fit a Borehole pump 20 metres down the
hole,
then run the wire through the conduit to the Mill.
But how do I get the wire to feed 40 metres down the conduit?, I
have
read on the net that I could use curtain wire, but will this
feed 40
metres without Kinking? I am reluctant to purchase a Quick cable
set as
they come in 10 metre lengths and I would need to buy 4 of them
for a
one off job.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Paul

Vacuum cleaner on the far end and suck a string through. Use the
string
to pull the cable through.

John

I used a vacuum cleaner to pull 20 metres of hairy green garden
string
through some 18mm garden hose - that worked OK. You would need a
huge vacuum
cleaner to get decent airflow through a 5" conduit. It's almost big
enough
for a small well-trained dog.



It should work with a biggish vac if you make up a ball of rags that
are a loosish fit in the pipe.

AWEM