get a shop vac. get a box of pull string or a long enough piece of lightweight string.
get a tennis ball (or whiffle ball) and tie the string to it. Turn on shop vac. Suck the ball through. Don't laugh. It'll work! -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Butch Evans Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 4:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] bare conduits On Fri, 1 Dec 2006, chris cooper wrote: >Im looking at a project that requires connectivity between multiple >buildings on the same campus. There are 4" conduits connecting each >facility. The conduits are bare, Id like to run fiber in them, and >there are no pull cords in them. Some are several hundred yards long. >Ive heard that you can blow a cable through a conduit. Can anyone >enlighten me on equipment/technique for this application? If the conduit is dry, you can sometimes use a vacuum on one end and it will pull a small string through. You may, also, try to use a pull ribbon. When you do get something in there, be sure to pull through another ribbon/string to use to pull with next time. -- Butch Evans Network Engineering and Security Consulting 573-276-2879 http://www.butchevans.com/ Mikrotik Certified Consultant (http://www.mikrotik.com/consultants.html) -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
