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Default Blocked Conduit - Need to See in 3/4" Conduit - Fibre optic Camera?

Scott Townsend wrote:

I have a 3/4" Conduit that seems to be blocked at the end. We can kind of
hear the Fish tape tink at then stopping point, though we don't know where
it is... We don't know how to locate the end of the conduit. We were
thinking if we could see the end, it might help us determine the location.
It is about 6'-8' to the end of the conduit. I've tried looking for Small
Cameras, but nothing that will really fit in the Conduit. Found a bunch of
Borescopes, though they are too expensive.

It would be great to get something like this:
http://www.accessweb.it/en/optical_fibres/fo1.htm Though 97cm is too
short.

Any Suggestions on how to see to the end or find the end?

Thanks!


http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=93765

Cheapest thing out there (ready to go), but at 7/8" too big for 3/4"
conduit. Plenty of smaller mini cams out there though the small dia ones
don't have internal LED lighting so you'd have to rig something. One of
the 1/2" dia mini cams paired with some 1/8" plastic fiber optic cable
and a light source mounted behind the cam could work. Attach the whole
thing to the end of the fish tape and push it in.

Check distance to blockage from each end with the fish tape to see if
it's a small blockage or a big problem like a section crushed by a
loaded cement truck.

If you think it's just a rock or bit of cement, attach a pointed chisel
to the end of the fish tape and see if you can bash through it.

Pete C.