On Mon, 22 May 2006 09:04:00 +1200 Stephen Irons wrote: > I put ordinary cable in black 13mm PVC tube used for garden irrigation > systems. It has been buried for 6 years or so, and cost next to nothing, > though you could always claim it is a gardening expense. > > It is VERY difficult to pull the cable through the tube if there are > bends in the run. Preferably lay the whole thing out straight on the > lawn or down the road. Use a vacuum cleaner to suck a length of cotton > or string through the tube, then use that to pull a fishing line or > weed-eater cord through.
and when you pull the final run of cable through, pull a string through with it so that if the cable turns to custard or you want a second cable you can use the string to pull another one through. > > Make sure that the ends of the tube are protected from the rain or the > whole run will fill up with water and you have wasted your time. > > Stephen > > > Reg wrote: > > Speaking of cables, I am planning to run a 35 m Cat 5 enhanced UTP patch > > network cable from my house to an outside studio. I plan to go through the > > floor under the house, out an air vent and then underground to the studio. > > > > Questions: > > How durable is this cable? Is it subject to problems from moisture? I am > > wondering whether to just dig a deep trench and bury it as I did when I ran > > a phone cable (which was designed for outside and has silicon inside it) > > there or whether to feed the underground section through a pvc pipe? > > > > > > Kind Regards > > Reg > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Craig FALCONER [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: Friday, 19 May 2006 8:53 a.m. > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: RE: Who donated that dunger? Anyone for a WiFry? > >> > >> The limits on USB are the same for 1.1 as 2.0 afaik > >> > >> No more than 5 metres of unboosted cable. (I have a mouse with a 6 foot > >> > > cord on the end of a 5 metre extension and it works on a USB2 > > > >> port but not a > >> USB1 port) > >> > >> Maximum total length is 25 metres with active signal boosters every 5 > >> metres. (probably to do with bit times and all that coax ethernet timing > >> stuff from last century.) > >> > >> > >> -- > >> C. Falconer > >> http://www.avonside.school.nz/ > >> http://criggie.dyndns.org/ > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Andrew Errington [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: Thursday, 18 May 2006 5:47 p.m. > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: Who donated that dunger? Anyone for a WiFry? > >> > >> > >> <snip> > >> > >> I expect that you could make a USB cable as long as you like, but the > >> signals have a high clock rate so they would degrade past a certain point > >> (that and the voltage drop). 5m might be an arbitrary limit set by the USB > >> specification, but it is not unreasonable, and guaranteed to work. > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > ======================================================================= > This email, including any attachments, is only for the intended > addressee. It is subject to copyright, is confidential and may be > the subject of legal or other privilege, none of which is waived or > lost by reason of this transmission. > If the receiver is not the intended addressee, please accept our > apologies, notify us by return, delete all copies and perform no > other act on the email. > Unfortunately, we cannot warrant that the email has not been > altered or corrupted during transmission. > ======================================================================= -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
