<p dir="ltr">With a run that long, look into getting a spool of conduit instead of 10' sticks</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 28, 2013 7:48 PM, "William Bagwell" <<a href="mailto:rb211@tds.net">rb211@tds.net</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Aware of the need for sweep bends in conduit. Never pulled fiber, but have<br>
electric cable. Same max 360 degrees between openings for fiber? Going to<br>
have bends due to coming out of the ground to cross a creek, but will also<br>
have a pull box there as well.<br>
<br>
Just checked prices and PVC conduit only starts to get obscene at 1 1/4".<br>
400' of 1" is only $40 more than 1/2"... My son just pointed out that 500'<br>
(50 sticks) is the price break and (for 1/2") 500' is only $6 more than<br>
400'. Guessing this similar for 1" but can not get the quantity prices to<br>
show on-line.<br>
<br>
William<br>
<br>
On Thursday 28 February 2013, Jim Kinney wrote:<br>
> +1 on extreme caution on a pull.<br>
><br>
> Use fish-cord wrapped around a _long_ section of the fibre jacket with the<br>
> finished end fully wrapped in plastic and taped to the pull line. You will<br>
> need to use at least a 3/4" conduit (with NO BENDS) or 1" with long<br>
> sweeping bends (i.e a right angle requires a 1 foot bending radius) and<br>
> pulling lube (thus the fully wrapped ends). You want the pulling strain<br>
> distributed over several feet of the jacket so spiral-wrap cord to fiber<br>
> and straight tape pull cord to fiber. That way the cord will cinch up on<br>
> the jacket and the tape will help distribute the load as well and keep the<br>
> cord from slipping.<br>
><br>
> There are fibre to copper translators that are under $100 each fro 10/100<br>
> connections. They use a wall wart for power. A pair of fibre-nics is only<br>
> slightly more but will use one machine as a gateway.<br>
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