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.

(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?

In article ,
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

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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.

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


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Lew

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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

On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 08:57:30 +0100, in message

"Robert Larder" wrote:

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.

If it's a deck stepped mast laid out on the dock, then one of the
shrouds makes an excellent makeshift fish tape -- just the right
length and stiffness.

Ryk

On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 08:57:30 +0100, in message

"Robert Larder" wrote:

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.

If it's a deck stepped mast laid out on the dock, then one of the
shrouds makes an excellent makeshift fish tape -- just the right
length and stiffness.

Ryk

To reduce the slapping of the harness when the boat rolled, I once used a
shop-vac to blow styrofoam peanuts into a mast. It did the job.

Robert Larder wrote:

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

To reduce the slapping of the harness when the boat rolled, I once used a
shop-vac to blow styrofoam peanuts into a mast. It did the job.

Robert Larder wrote:

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

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