A solid run of 80mm alkathene pipe is what I use for my house-shed duct and it's easy to pull-through.
Cheaper and stronger than PVC, but the corners at the ends are hard work. Just a thought. > On 21/01/2014, at 11:45, Neil Allison <[email protected]> wrote: > > When I built a new garage with my office at the end of it >10yrs ago > I put 3xØ25mm conduit in for power, coax (I still use thinnet here) > and a few Cat5 cables for telephone and future 100BaseT. Made the > bends too tight and I had an underground 45deg change of direction. > Pulling the cables was difficult. Wished I'd used 40 or 50mm.... > > I used "ordinary" Cat5 and RG58A/U coax and haven't noticed any > problems. That said, I haven't checked if water has leaked into the > conduits. > >> Per Rob's comment, bigger pipe. 40mm with 10 cat 5 runs will be very >> difficult to get any more cable into later on if you want to. And the >> cars wire/rope should be tough so it doesn't snap the first time you use >> it! > > I agree to use the largest conduit diameter affordable. I'd use as > few "sweep bends" or large radius handformed bends (suggest to use > internal springs when making them) as possible. Straight line the > underground portion if possible. > >> Coordinate the pipe install with the folks doing the slab for the >> garage, other wise they might just cut it off at ground level while >> you're at work!!! > > Definitely co-ordinate with electrician and contractors. Comms will > be in separate conduit to power but they can go in the same trench. > When the builders boxed the new slab for my garage they moved my > conduits so they were well outside the wall. That night, I put the > conduits back to where I laid them so they went up through the slab > the inside the wall and taped the ends so they didn't get filled > with concrete. > > Good luck > Neil > > >> >> Standard cables will be fine if run in conduit. >> Use the largest size you can afford and definitely large radius bends >> (not elbows) and run a drw wire so you can pull more in later if needed. >> >> Rob > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
