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Wires Thru Mast -- Easy
Two ways to run wires thru a uncluttered mast:
1. use bow and arrow -- need not be a good shot 2. use PVC pipe or correct ID and jointed the length of the mast with wires already run in sections and shove thru. I have tried both ways and prefer the piping -- bow and arrow too hard to locate. |
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says... (anchorlt) wrote in message . com... Two ways to run wires thru a uncluttered mast: 1. use bow and arrow -- need not be a good shot 2. use PVC pipe or correct ID and jointed the length of the mast with wires already run in sections and shove thru. I have tried both ways and prefer the piping -- bow and arrow too hard to locate. Why not just get a long electrical snake and run it through from the bottom. Have someone at the masthead who fishes it through the proper hole? I've used PVC in the past, but now that I am in the computer and networking business, I found "Glow rods" also called push/pull rods, they come in 6 foot sections that you screw together to make them as long as you want. You can also get "Egg beater" attachments for the end of the rod to keep it from getting hung up on an internal seam if you have any. This should also work with a cluttered mast. Fish tape whould also work in an uncluttered mast if you can keep it from curling inside the mast. Good luck ********************************************** Scott H. Sexton help@ www.sexton.com sexton.com Eeyore's Birthday Party www.sexton.com/eeyores CDR Listing www.sexton.com/cdr ********************************************** |
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Wires Thru Mast -- Easy
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Construct mast cabling complete with a "messenger" cable. I use a 1/16" S/S cable with the wires clamped every 2'-'3' with nylon ty-wraps. Pull this assembly thru the mast with an electrician's fish tape. Secure the messenger cable at the top of the mast so that it supports the weight of the electrical cables. BTW, use 3 ty-wraps spaced equally around the cable assy every 5' or so. This will keep the cable assy from slapping the mast. HTH -- Lew S/A: Challenge, The Bullet Proof Boat, (Under Construction in the Southland) Visit: http://home.earthlink.net/~lewhodgett for Pictures |
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Construct mast cabling complete with a "messenger" cable. I use a 1/16" S/S cable with the wires clamped every 2'-'3' with nylon ty-wraps. Pull this assembly thru the mast with an electrician's fish tape. Secure the messenger cable at the top of the mast so that it supports the weight of the electrical cables. BTW, use 3 ty-wraps spaced equally around the cable assy every 5' or so. This will keep the cable assy from slapping the mast. HTH -- Lew S/A: Challenge, The Bullet Proof Boat, (Under Construction in the Southland) Visit: http://home.earthlink.net/~lewhodgett for Pictures |
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Wires Thru Mast -- Easy
Lew Hodgett wrote:
Subject Construct mast cabling complete with a "messenger" cable. I use a 1/16" S/S cable with the wires clamped every 2'-'3' with nylon ty-wraps. Once saw some of the Moorings guys suck a messenger line through a mast laid out on the dock using a shopvac. As I remember they had something light attached to the end of the line for the vacuum to "get hold of"- worked a treat. Bob Larder |
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Wires Thru Mast -- Easy
Lew Hodgett wrote:
Subject Construct mast cabling complete with a "messenger" cable. I use a 1/16" S/S cable with the wires clamped every 2'-'3' with nylon ty-wraps. Once saw some of the Moorings guys suck a messenger line through a mast laid out on the dock using a shopvac. As I remember they had something light attached to the end of the line for the vacuum to "get hold of"- worked a treat. Bob Larder |
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