I use direct bury, shielded, flooded cable exclusively for all installs in ground or above. Haven't had any water issues at all concerning cable. We have some moles but been lucky by not having them do any damage to us. I do, however, always put conduit where the cable exits the ground and up to either out of reach or where it enters a building. Keeps the weed whackers away!
Bob- Oh, and for the flooded portion, I have had a lot of people turn their nose up at flooded cable because, as they say, the gel leaks out. So..... I hung a 300 foot length vertical from a tower for 2 months, not for this but because I got sidetracked... happens.... anyhow, bottom end was left raw and no gel leakage. I was expecting a big glop of goop but it was all good. Temp was in the high 80's for at least 2 weeks of that time. The stuff I use now has the gel that is more of a lotion and not like the icky-pik paraffin wax stuff that I'm glad to get rid of even though it's still stuck to everything in the van............. Fin -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 11:01 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Burying Cable All of our cable is now run in conduit. I gave up on direct bury years ago. Eventually it fills with water, gets hit or has the moles eat it. I also normally bury 12 to 18" deep these days. No more cut wires (so far!). marlon ----- Original Message ----- From: "D. Ryan Spott" <rsp...@irongoat.net> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 8:03 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Burying Cable > This is easy... > > Explain to your customer that you do not trench and you have to run cable > across the yard. > > Lay the cable out and tell them to bury it. > > I tell my customers to bury the cable buy placing a shovel in the sod and > just cutting down far enough to get under the sod. > > Then stuff in the wire. > > This technique does not apply if the customer: > Runs horses as lawn mowers. > Uses one of those 'aerating' machines. > discs the yard (yes, this has happened) > Have 'digging' dogs... or Black labs (black labs LOVE outdoor cable) > > I allow for one splice for free for the above. Additional trips cost > money. > > ryan > > > On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 8:13 AM, Robert West > <robert.w...@just-micro.com>wrote: > >> Other than renting or buying a small trenching machine (That I'm sure I'd >> use to slice every cable and natural gas/water/sewage line within 20 feet >> of >> me the first time I use it) I'm interested in seeing if there is a tool >> that will let a person (Or corporation) push low voltage cable down >> below >> the sod. I have a design in mind but if there is already something out >> there I'd like to see it. Yeah, to buy it or maybe rip them off and make >> my >> own from how theirs look... It's a thing.. Anyhow, I normally take a >> shovel and make a slit in the sod and stuff the cable down in it but >> doing >> a >> 100+ foot run can make your day less fun than it already was. >> >> >> >> Anyone using any human powered tool (Other than a shovel or paying some >> kid >> 20 bucks to do it for you) to bury cable? >> >> >> >> Robert West >> >> Just Micro Digital Services Inc. >> >> 740-335-7020 >> >> >> >> Logo5 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
