For cat5 runs is the weight of the cable not hard in it if it is just hanging in the conduit? Du you put junction boxes every x feet to strap down?
Cliff Olle President Eccentrix Technologies, LLC (512) 426-4929 cl...@eccentrixtechnologies.com On Mar 6, 2009, at 1:39 PM, jp <j...@saucer.midcoast.com> wrote: > several sections of that stuff gets heavy. I pushed 100' up the inside > of a tower once. We used it for the power cable coming down from a > windmill. Dropped a weight on a fishing line for the pull string pull. > > On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 02:26:21PM -0500, RickG wrote: >> I stacked 15 - 20' sections of the grey pvc up to the 300' level >> where our >> equipment was located. What a job that was! -RickG >> >> On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Joe Miller >> <joe.mil...@dslbyair.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> Here is an idea for the tower sites....Run your cat5 in electrical >>> conduit, >>> the gray PVC type. That way the cat5 will be protected from the >>> weather. >>> I've done this and I haven't had to replace cat5 on the towers on >>> over 3 >>> years now. >>> >>> >>> --- On Fri, 3/6/09, Marlon K. Schafer <o...@odessaoffice.com> wrote: >>> >>>> From: Marlon K. Schafer <o...@odessaoffice.com> >>>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Knowing when to stop doing installs >>>> yourself,they >>> are for the young >>>> To: joe.mil...@dslbyair.com >>>> Date: Friday, March 6, 2009, 10:06 AM >>>> I have had a few customers look at us crosswise. A couple >>>> have even asked for wall plates, or had us install ethernet >>>> jacks. We'll do this if asked, but I don't carry >>>> the parts with me. >>>> >>>> I also try REALLY hard to NOT put any ethernet wall plates >>>> in. I don't want the extra connection in a poe >>>> situation. It's probably fine, but as an ex lineman I >>>> know that connections are almost always the reason for a >>>> failure so I want the fewest possible. >>>> >>>> We try to hide all cable as much as possible, we ask for a >>>> vacuum to clean up any drillings, we do NOT leave the little >>>> ends from the cat5 crimps laying around - not even outside. >>>> >>>> Hell, until recently we always ran indoor WHITE cat 5 >>>> cable. People REALLY liked that, I have just gotten tired >>>> of cables with water in them. Luckily it seems to almost >>>> exclusively happen at my towers not at the customer's >>>> sites. It's usually cheap and easy to replace the bad >>>> cable and ruined poe. But I hate service calls! >>>> >>>> Sure wish I could find a double insulated white cable to >>>> use instead of this black stuff we're using now. >>>> >>>> laters, >>>> marlon >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Miller" >>>> <joe.mil...@dslbyair.com> >>>> To: "Marlon K. Schafer" >>>> <o...@odessaoffice.com> >>>> Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 7:59 AM >>>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Knowing when to stop doing installs >>>> yourself,they are for the young >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> I just had to ask......very interesting. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> --- On Fri, 3/6/09, Marlon K. Schafer >>>> <o...@odessaoffice.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> From: Marlon K. Schafer >>>> <o...@odessaoffice.com> >>>>>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Knowing when to stop doing >>>> installs yourself,they are for the young >>>>>> To: joe.mil...@dslbyair.com, "WISPA General >>>> List" <wireless@wispa.org> >>>>>> Date: Friday, March 6, 2009, 9:51 AM >>>>>> Not at all. We hide the holes behind a desk or >>>> something >>>>>> when ever >>>>>> possible. You'll never notice them. Unlike a >>>> big, >>>>>> ugly wall plate. >>>>>> >>>>>> marlon >>>>>> >>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe >>>> Miller" <joemiller...@yahoo.com> >>>>>> To: "WISPA General List" >>>>>> <wireless@wispa.org> >>>>>> Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 6:40 AM >>>>>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Knowing when to stop doing >>>> installs >>>>>> yourself,they are >>>>>> for the young >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Marlon, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> You are joking......right? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> --- On Fri, 3/6/09, Marlon K. Schafer >>>>>> <o...@odessaoffice.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> From: Marlon K. Schafer >>>>>> <o...@odessaoffice.com> >>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Knowing when to stop >>>> doing >>>>>> installs yourself, they >>>>>>>> are for the young >>>>>>>> To: "WISPA General List" >>>>>> <wireless@wispa.org> >>>>>>>> Date: Friday, March 6, 2009, 8:30 AM >>>>>>>> Who uses wall plates anyway? We just try >>>> to get >>>>>> the hole >>>>>>>> right at the top >>>>>>>> of the baseboards. Then, someday when >>>> all this is >>>>>> gone and >>>>>>>> some new >>>>>>>> technology (TV band with no external >>>> antenna?) >>>>>> replaces it >>>>>>>> they'll just have >>>>>>>> to plug one small hole and give it a dab >>>> of paint! >>>>>>>> marlon >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >> >>>> From: "Scott Reed" >>>>>>>> <scottr...@onlyinternet.net> >>>>>>>> To: "WISPA General List" >>>>>>>> <wireless@wispa.org> >>>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 9:08 AM >>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Knowing when to stop >>>> doing >>>>>> installs >>>>>>>> yourself, they are >>>>>>>> for the young >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Don't they still make plates >>>> with just a >>>>>> 1/4" >>>>>>>> hole in it. No need to >>>>>>>>> drill. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> George Rogato wrote: >>>>>>>>>> I was trying to drill a hole >>>> into a blank >>>>>> wall >>>>>>>> plate. 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