Thanks for the tips.
I forgot to link to the table. How many cat6 cables did you pull? Does
this table look realistic or overly conservative?
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On 10/9/2014 11:04 AM, Mike Greene via Af wrote:
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I've done a number of long pulls in 2" conduit with cat6 shielded (and
electrical too) you can make the pull go much easier if you:
-Stagger the cables and have at least one about 24" longer than the
rest, loop that one cable back and tape it to a bundle of 2 or 3 other
cables, tape smaller bundles together and then those
bundles to the others until you've taped them all down around 12 to
18" beyond the last bundle or shortest cables. You should end up with
a tapered end with a nice solid loop at the end.
-If you use "jet line" or pulling tape, incorporate that into your
bundles by wrapping it around and taping it off with the other
bundles, this is usually done with the primary bundle (the one with
the loop). If you have a pulling sleeve w/ swivel, use it, very handy.
-Wire lube is helpful but I only use it if I'm pulling the max number
of cables for that conduit size and/or there are more than a couple bends
-Having someone 'push' the bundle through is as important as the
person pulling, coordinating the pull / push process is also helpful.
Mike Greene
Rock Island Technology Solutions
360-378-5884 x201
*From:*Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Randy Cosby via Af
*Sent:* Thursday, October 09, 2014 9:48 AM
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*Subject:* [AFMUG] Pulling lots of cable through 2" conduit
I have a project that has about 50 feet of 2" metal conduit running to
the top of a water tank. There are two large-radius bends in the
conduit. We want to pull as many cat5e cables as possible. We'll
need at least 18.
I found this table and compared the size of UBNT Toughcable. It looks
to be in the same size range as the GigaLAN Cat6E cable, about .24".
Based on their table, we should be able to pull 27 cables through.
How would you pull a bundle like that? What do you use to attach the
cables together before pulling? Just electrical tape? Any other
suggestions?
There are actually two conduits, but we will need to put some coax in
the second one, but should have room for a few more ethernet cables as
well.
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