12-31-2015, 09:53 AM
I did not tell them it was 350 ft back from the new 6" pole
PVC conduit along the edge of the driveway, ideally with some permanent marker (line of palm trees, rockwall, fence, etc). No trench required for low-voltage -- but I have also seen "temporary" power conduit just laying there.
A single pull of cat5 will fit 1" conduit, but with some friction; recommend 1.25" conduit (and lube, and a second cat5 for spare). If using a fishtape, you will need some access pulls, closer together than your fishtape is long. Straight access pulls ("C body") do not exist on-island; use a "T body" and fill the side fitting with something from the plumbing section (gray PVC and white PVC are compatible for both size and glue).
If you have to cross the driveway, or somewhere you plan a footpath or similar, use a stretch of schedule 80, available at Alpha Electric. Laying the conduit in a low spot and dumping a load of base coarse on it works okay (eg, instead of digging the trench with a jackhammer).
Cleanest "meet Telcom at the pole" is: sweep elbow up to a weatherhead that's about as tall as the NID. Use a small piece of 1/2" NM flex conduit to protect the cat5 between the weatherhead and the NID (the grommet at the bottom of the "customer side" is large enough to accept the 1/2" conduit). Put the first pull body just after the elbow (eg, so the cat5 pull is "flat" instead of taking extra friction around the elbow).
When closing up the access pulls, use RTV sealant. (If the included gasket is foam, throw it away, the jungle will eat it; the neoprene gaskets are okay, but use a little RTV sealant too.)
Note that the conduit does have some flexibility, gentle curves are no problem, you shouldn't need any 45- or 90-degree fittings until you reach a building.
Use true copper cat5, not the cheaper CCA ("copper coated aluminum").
PVC conduit along the edge of the driveway, ideally with some permanent marker (line of palm trees, rockwall, fence, etc). No trench required for low-voltage -- but I have also seen "temporary" power conduit just laying there.
A single pull of cat5 will fit 1" conduit, but with some friction; recommend 1.25" conduit (and lube, and a second cat5 for spare). If using a fishtape, you will need some access pulls, closer together than your fishtape is long. Straight access pulls ("C body") do not exist on-island; use a "T body" and fill the side fitting with something from the plumbing section (gray PVC and white PVC are compatible for both size and glue).
If you have to cross the driveway, or somewhere you plan a footpath or similar, use a stretch of schedule 80, available at Alpha Electric. Laying the conduit in a low spot and dumping a load of base coarse on it works okay (eg, instead of digging the trench with a jackhammer).
Cleanest "meet Telcom at the pole" is: sweep elbow up to a weatherhead that's about as tall as the NID. Use a small piece of 1/2" NM flex conduit to protect the cat5 between the weatherhead and the NID (the grommet at the bottom of the "customer side" is large enough to accept the 1/2" conduit). Put the first pull body just after the elbow (eg, so the cat5 pull is "flat" instead of taking extra friction around the elbow).
When closing up the access pulls, use RTV sealant. (If the included gasket is foam, throw it away, the jungle will eat it; the neoprene gaskets are okay, but use a little RTV sealant too.)
Note that the conduit does have some flexibility, gentle curves are no problem, you shouldn't need any 45- or 90-degree fittings until you reach a building.
Use true copper cat5, not the cheaper CCA ("copper coated aluminum").