I also would go the conduit route.... BUT if you were to go with your original plan I would use landscape wire http://www.lowes.com/pd/100-ft-16-Gauge-2-Conductor-Landscape-Lighting-Cable/999921006
Jason Wilson Remotely Located Providing High Speed Internet to out of the way places. 530-651-1736 530-748-9608 Cell www.remotelylocated.com On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 6:29 PM, Chris Fabien <ch...@lakenetmi.com> wrote: > I would recommend conduit at least. We have trouble with exposed cat5 > getting chewed on by critters when we lay it through the woods. It'd be a > bit of labor to pull it through but much more protection. You could do flat > drop fiber and save enough cost over armored to pay for the conduit. > > On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 9:17 PM, Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuh...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> It does need to stay "low voltage" because there is no >> practical/economical way to get an electrical permit to run 600-700 meters >> of code-compliant 240VAC through this particular section of forest. >> >> Interestingly, looking at $/ft prices for cable I have found that >> 3-conductor 14 gauge UF-NMC (2 + bare copper ground) is less costly per >> foot than 18 gauge SJOOW. That sort of helps on the voltage drop problem. >> It's intended for direct burial but in this case would go through a forest >> taped to an armored fiber cable. In a few years falling leaves and such >> will cover it. >> >> On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 5:00 PM, Chris Fabien <ch...@lakenetmi.com> wrote: >> >>> I would also run 240V AC out there, not DC. Unless you are needing to >>> stay "low voltage" for permit/licensing reasons. >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 7:59 PM, Chris Fabien <ch...@lakenetmi.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I would use 14-2 UF cable, direct buried next to the fiber, or pulled >>>> into conduit with the fiber if you are doing conduit. That's going to be >>>> much cheaper than SOOW type rubber jacket cable, or pretty much any other >>>> options. 1000ft spool costs us about $250, and there are direct bury splice >>>> kits for it to make a waterproof buried splice. >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 7:25 PM, Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuh...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Due to terrain I'm helping somebody design a network link where a PTP >>>>> radio will go on the side of a tree on the opposite side of a mountain >>>>> from >>>>> where AC power, a router and other network equipment is located. >>>>> >>>>> We're looking at 600 to 700 meters of singlemode fiber and a small >>>>> NEMA4X junction box with the radio on the far side of the hill, containing >>>>> a SC-SC patch cable bulkhead and a meanwell DC-DC converter. >>>>> >>>>> It looks like based on the wattage of the radio and voltage drop >>>>> calculations for 18-2 cable that we can get away with a 56VDC power supply >>>>> at the power source, dropping to not lower than 35VDC at the receiving >>>>> end, >>>>> which will be fed into a DC-DC converter to bring the output back up to >>>>> 52.5VDC for the radio. >>>>> >>>>> If you had to run 600-700m of 18AWG cable outdoors through a forest, >>>>> how would you do it? SJOOW type cable may not hold up over a long enough >>>>> time. Ideally something that is more armored than SJOOW (it can be much >>>>> less flexible if needed). Cost is somewhat of a factor. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >
