300 feet of Underground Cat6 ???
At my long-term parking location I need to run a 300 foot Ethernet cable for my internet connection. I will be using Cat6 unshielded full copper underground cable. Question. 1. Since only 1/2 of t...
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Matt_Colie wrote:
Simple Advice here from another dinosaur.
READ WHAT JHILLY WROTE.
Buy cable. Good Cable.
Put it in pipe. I am not sure why he recommends 1", I have used smaller, I will bet that there is a story there.
Matt
The tubing comes in a coil, it is difficult to pull through any thing less than 1", especially at 300'. You can usually suck a poly pull string through the tubing with a shop vac. If you can't do it with the string itself, use a little foam "mouse" usually available at home improvement centers.
This video shows how to make a mouse out of a piece of plastic.
Improvising a Conduit Mouse
I usually just make a wad out of the string with knots and that does the job. Foam ear plugs also work.
