On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 08:03:49 GMT, Roger Halstead
wrote:
It won't squeak with soap :-)) If you can find some wire pulling
soap...the yucky looking yellow stuff you can darn near fill the
conduit.


In case it's of any use, one example of the yellow yucky stuff
is the fourth item down on:
http://www.gardnerbender.com/Product...nduitfish.html

On 10 Dec 2003 04:24:16 GMT, ospam (Fjx1) wrote:


I need to put a hole in the house through new vinyl siding and would like to
know if anyone has a clean neat way to do it. Do they make feedthroughs for
cable as big as RG8? Any suggestions ?


I brought mine up from ground level at the corner of the house
and ran it up underneath (inside) the piece of vinyl the covers
the corner. Then ran it behind the siding to the point where
it enters the structure, and hooked to a right-angle adapter
(from Radio Shack) and went through the wall. Can't even tell
the coax is there.

If you do it this way, you'll obviously have to "unhook" one
piece of siding from the one below in order to run the coax.
There's a special tool for this, which you might be able to
borrow from a siding installer. Or, it can be done almost
as easily using a screwdriver and some stout fingers. Getting
the siding loose is pretty easy - putting it back together is
a bit tougher until you get the hang of it.

-fb-

On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 04:11:01 GMT, wrote:

On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 08:03:49 GMT, Roger Halstead
wrote:
It won't squeak with soap :-)) If you can find some wire pulling
soap...the yucky looking yellow stuff you can darn near fill the
conduit.


In case it's of any use, one example of the yellow yucky stuff
is the fourth item down on:
http://www.gardnerbender.com/Product...nduitfish.html

I get a link failure on this one.
We used to use the stuff in industry to put the proverbial 10# in a 5#
bag.

I remember seeing a row of electricians (with hammers) beating on a
rigid conduit, particularly at any bends, with two guys pullin' two
soaping, and one feeding. Those cables were never going to come out
of that conduit.

Even though they are not a "tight" fit, I use soap on the bundle of
cables in the underground conduit from the tower to the basement.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair?)
www.rogerhalstead.com
Return address modified due to dumb virus checkers

On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 05:05:29 GMT, Roger Halstead
wrote:

On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 04:11:01 GMT, wrote:

On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 08:03:49 GMT, Roger Halstead
wrote:
It won't squeak with soap :-)) If you can find some wire pulling
soap...the yucky looking yellow stuff you can darn near fill the
conduit.


In case it's of any use, one example of the yellow yucky stuff
is the fourth item down on:
http://www.gardnerbender.com/Product...nduitfish.html

I get a link failure on this one.

I backed up node by node to just http://www.gardnerbender.com
and got ...

Error
FW-1 at tank: Failed to connect to the WWW server.

.... at each step. I suspect their server is whacked at the moment. I
originally got there by using the basic link and drilling down, but
that doesn't work now.


We used to use the stuff in industry to put the proverbial 10# in a 5#
bag.

I remember seeing a row of electricians (with hammers) beating on a
rigid conduit, particularly at any bends, with two guys pullin' two
soaping, and one feeding. Those cables were never going to come out
of that conduit.

I once heard some installers at work chuckling about a guy who
was using a hydraulic puller on the leader when the trailing cables
got hung up. Apparently the conduit toward the puller end started
changing shap a bit. Real mess to replace.

Even though they are not a "tight" fit, I use soap on the bundle of
cables in the underground conduit from the tower to the basement.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair?)
www.rogerhalstead.com
Return address modified due to dumb virus checkers