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Posted by Newser on January 7, 2008, 6:34 pm
With some foresight I had put empty 1-1/2" PVC pipe under the driveway and
capped it, in case I ever had to run wire -- and now I do.
My question now is how to reasonably seal the ends of the conduit once I've
run wire into it. It's bury-able wire, but I don't want to leave the ends
of the conduit open and have it fill up at the ends with mud and dirt,
thereby creating a problem if I want to run more wire in the future.
Thanks in advance to anyone who offers ideas or solutions.
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Posted by Oren on January 7, 2008, 6:49 pm
wrote:
>With some foresight I had put empty 1-1/2" PVC pipe under the driveway and
>capped it, in case I ever had to run wire -- and now I do.
That's a big pipe under a driveway. We normally have 1/2 - 3/4 inch
for wire/irrigation.
If the caps are still on, drill a hole on the cap top/end large enough
for the wire, pulled the wire and caulk with silicone around the exit.
2 cents :)
>My question now is how to reasonably seal the ends of the conduit once I've
>run wire into it. It's bury-able wire, but I don't want to leave the ends
>of the conduit open and have it fill up at the ends with mud and dirt,
>thereby creating a problem if I want to run more wire in the future.
>
>Thanks in advance to anyone who offers ideas or solutions.
Oren
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Posted by RBM on January 7, 2008, 7:37 pm
If you do anything with the existing caps, don't drill holes in them, cut
slots in them, then silicone makes a nice plug that doesn't adhere
particularly well to the pvc, so it can be removed in the future
> With some foresight I had put empty 1-1/2" PVC pipe under the driveway and
> capped it, in case I ever had to run wire -- and now I do.
>
> My question now is how to reasonably seal the ends of the conduit once
> I've run wire into it. It's bury-able wire, but I don't want to leave the
> ends of the conduit open and have it fill up at the ends with mud and
> dirt, thereby creating a problem if I want to run more wire in the future.
>
> Thanks in advance to anyone who offers ideas or solutions.
>
>
>
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Posted by aemeijers on January 7, 2008, 10:47 pm
Newser wrote:
> With some foresight I had put empty 1-1/2" PVC pipe under the driveway and
> capped it, in case I ever had to run wire -- and now I do.
>
> My question now is how to reasonably seal the ends of the conduit once I've
> run wire into it. It's bury-able wire, but I don't want to leave the ends
> of the conduit open and have it fill up at the ends with mud and dirt,
> thereby creating a problem if I want to run more wire in the future.
>
> Thanks in advance to anyone who offers ideas or solutions.
>
>
>
Don't forget to add (or replace) the pull string with whatever you put
in there. Adding a wire to an existing conduit that already has one wire
is a bitch, otherwise. One of those polypropylene yellow ropes from the
discount store works great- cheap,small diameter, strong enough, doesn't
rot.
aem sends...
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Posted by S. Barker on January 8, 2008, 8:44 pm
take two new caps and drill them to just fit your cable. Then, you can
silicone the caps partway full and glue them back on.
s
> With some foresight I had put empty 1-1/2" PVC pipe under the driveway and
> capped it, in case I ever had to run wire -- and now I do.
>
> My question now is how to reasonably seal the ends of the conduit once
> I've run wire into it. It's bury-able wire, but I don't want to leave the
> ends of the conduit open and have it fill up at the ends with mud and
> dirt, thereby creating a problem if I want to run more wire in the future.
>
> Thanks in advance to anyone who offers ideas or solutions.
>
>
>
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