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Feeding Long wires through Conduit
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 |
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"Simon" wrote in message ... "John" wrote in message oups.com... 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 |
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Get some suspended ceiling hanging wire. Run out a 45m length [it is now
like a giant slinky!!] fasten one end to a gate post or local peasant and fasten the other end in the chuck of a 'DECENT' mains electric drill. Pull the trigger until you get the wire straight [keep tension on the wire]. This will straighten all the kinks and twists out of the wire, but it may take a couple of mins to do so. Stop drill, allow torque on wire to go and Voila!!40m of dead straight wire. Then shove it through your orifice. Tie on new cable and a rope and pull your wire! -- Posted via Mailgate.ORG Server - http://www.Mailgate.ORG |
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from "The3rd Earl Of Derby" contains these words: This is provided the water can drain out and dry out? Option 2 : tie a plastic ball with some string push the ball down the conduit as far as possible then make sure the string cannot get obstructed and start hosing water into the conduit,preferably with a good water pressure or pressure washer. Flood it and send a goldfish down. -- Skipweasel Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain. |
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from " contains these words: Any suggestions would be appreciated. Ferret. -- Skipweasel Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain. |
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Hi
On 10 Jun 2006 07:27:33 -0700, " wrote: 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 I havent got a ferret! I havent got a Goldfish! I havent got a small dog! I cant use a pressure washer cos I aint got water yet!!!!!!!!! You would need a vacum cleaner with more vacum than whats in Tony B liars head, to suck 40 metres! Any sensible suggestions? Depending on how deep the conduit is - don't suppose some kind of radio-controlled car / tank / whatever could be used to 'tow' a thin line (?string?) down the conduit - then use the thin string to pull something useful down behind it....? When you do eventually solve it - make sure to leave a cord down there for the next poor person who is faced with the same problem. You probably could do it with drain rods - used to have trouble with a communal drain along the back of 10 semi-detached houses - and it was 'just' possible to rod from one end to the other - but it meant going up & down the street scrounging drain rods - and the 'wheel thing' on the end was a definite must... It'll be no consolation - but the person who installed the conduit should have left you a draw cord..... HTH Adrian Suffolk UK ======return email munged================= take out the papers and the trash to reply |
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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. I havent got a ferret! I havent got a Goldfish! I havent got a small dog! I cant use a pressure washer cos I aint got water yet!!!!!!!!! You would need a vacum cleaner with more vacum than whats in Tony B liars head, to suck 40 metres! Any sensible suggestions? In all honesty, a ferret or similar is actually an extremely sensible suggestion. I've done it myself once, years ago using a friend's pet rat we were baby-sitting(?) while she was on holiday, which happened to coincide with some re-wiring I happened to be doing at the time... worked like a charm. If there's anyway you can find somone who has a pet one to borrow, that's definitely the way to go. Also see: http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/show...m?ArticleID=95 Job would have been a hell of a lot easier to have done before you'd buried it - eg using a magnet tied to some string inside the duct, with another one outside - but I'm guessing you've already realised that! David |
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from " contains these words: You would need a vacum cleaner with more vacum than whats in Tony B liars head, to suck 40 metres! Not really. Provided the pipe doesn't leak then it'll spend a few minutes lowering the pressure in the pipe, then if you've attached the line to something like a polystyrene ball it'll not know how long the pipe is. Failing that, Lego or Meccano motors will run for long enough easily. Shouldn't be too hard to knock up a runner. -- Skipweasel Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain. |
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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 I havent got a ferret! I havent got a Goldfish! I havent got a small dog! I cant use a pressure washer cos I aint got water yet!!!!!!!!! You would need a vacum cleaner with more vacum than whats in Tony B liars head, to suck 40 metres! Any sensible suggestions? Any good with a bow&arrow? ;-) -- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite |
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Then catch a mouse and block the starting end a bit so the mouse cant escape. :-) -- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite And all you'll then need is some chocolate sauce or peanut butter (apparently better than cheese...) |
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And all you'll then need is some chocolate sauce or peanut butter (apparently better than cheese...) I used to use KitKat with great success to catch them.. Dave |
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from gort contains these words: I used to use KitKat with great success to catch them.. I had a cat called KitKat once! -- Skipweasel Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain. |
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wrote in message ups.com... 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 As a cable jointer on BT I've seen the way our gang lads get cables into ducts. If the duct is empty (in your case it is) they would tie a string to the handles of a plastic carrier bag, put the bag in the duct and then use an air compressor to blow the bag down the duct. When it gets to the distant end, use the string to draw through a stronger rope, and then use the rope to pull in the cables. Steve. |
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On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 15:28:05 +0100, Steve wrote:
If the duct is empty (in your case it is) they would tie a string to the handles of a plastic carrier bag, put the bag in the duct and then use an air compressor to blow the bag down the duct. Back when my dad was in the Leccy business, they used a ferret to take a string into places that the human arm could not reach. |
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wrote in message ups.com... 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 The way we used to do it was to use a compressor ( road breaker type ) to blow air down the duct and feed 8mm polyprop rope in till it came out the other, very easy and very quick. |
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wrote in message ups.com... 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 If the conduit is not installed, run the cables through as you install the lengths of the conduit. Simple. |
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Doctor Drivel wrote:
Simple. That you are. -- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite |
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The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:
Doctor Drivel wrote: Simple. That you are. No need to flatter him. |
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"Doctor Drivel" wrote in message reenews.net... wrote in message ups.com... 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 If the conduit is not installed, run the cables through as you install the lengths of the conduit. Simple. There is a clue in "the Large size conduit (circa 5 inch) is already buried in the ground," Jim A |
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Conduit may be to big , but could try running a bit of string through a
tennis ball, tying it off, blast the ball thru with compressed air (distance may be to far), then you at least have a draw line. Hope this helps. Seen it done on ducts along bridge decks before. "Jim Alexander" wrote in message ... "Doctor Drivel" wrote in message reenews.net... wrote in message ups.com... 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 If the conduit is not installed, run the cables through as you install the lengths of the conduit. Simple. There is a clue in "the Large size conduit (circa 5 inch) is already buried in the ground," Jim A |
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wrote in message ups.com... 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 Not sure if this has been mentioned. Tie some line (preferably metal) to a rocket (can you wait until November?), light fuse and retire to safe distance. Hiring a good goalkeeper or wicket-keeper to retrieve rocket might be a little expensive but a sandbox at the end might also work! |
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