You can get purpose designed trace wire that is copper clad high tensile strength steel wire with a heavy polyethylene jacket. For 14ga we pay about 6 cents a foot on 2500ft spools.
On Jul 8, 2017 4:25 PM, "Jason McKemie" <j.mcke...@veloxinetbroadband.com> wrote: > Yeah, I didn't purchase it directly, got it through a contractor. > > On Saturday, July 8, 2017, <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > >> I have never used it. I’ll bet it is spendy. >> >> *From:* Jason McKemie >> *Sent:* Saturday, July 8, 2017 12:03 PM >> *To:* af@afmug.com >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Trace wire for fiber going in duct. >> >> It doesn't help if the conduit is already in place, but they make conduit >> with integrated trace wire. >> >> On Saturday, July 8, 2017, Paul McCall <pa...@pdmnet.net> wrote: >> >>> Newbie questions… >>> >>> >>> >>> We are doing conduit for a business park (14 buildings) and to the RR >>> tracks for a path to Miami. Conduit is almost finished and as an >>> afterthought I was thinking of placing some kind of locate wire in the >>> pipe, so we can “register it” with One -Call service (in Florida) and make >>> I easier for future people to locate my stuff. >>> >>> >>> >>> Did I mention it was a newbie question right? >>> >>> >>> >>> What do I put in? >>> >>> >>> >>> Paul McCall, President >>> >>> PDMNet, Inc. / Florida Broadband, Inc. >>> >>> 658 Old Dixie Highway >>> >>> Vero Beach, FL 32962 >>> >>> 772-564-6800 <(772)%20564-6800> >>> >>> javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','pa...@pdmnet.net'); >>> >>> www.pdmnet.com >>> >>> www.floridabroadband.com >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>