Today was a conduit day

[M107]

Before

the proposed route from one building to another. Out of main building along carpark wall, undergound for 1 meter (under a footpath) around building & into building.

Because the old cables were clipped to the wall & had become detatced causing a trip hazard, so asked to put up conduit & run new cat5's & BT cable.

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After

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[revjames]

Nice job, wouldnt galv have been better outside tho?

 

[m4tty]

Nice work mate.

Can I ask what fixings you used for the conduit as i cant see any saddle clips and it looks nice the way youve done it.

Cheers

 

[Doc Hudson]

Admin will be very pleased with those photos M107, he does enjoy seeing real work examples on the forum. I presume the weather held out for you, not the sort of job for a rainy day? Thank you.

Doc H.

 

[M107]

Rev I quoted for galv originaly, but customer said black pvc would suffice so thats what they got........local authority so cost is everything at the moment.

I use snap saddles M4tty.

I'm back there in the morning to run in the cat5 around the office dado, so if I remember I'll take a few more snaps.

 

[m4tty]

Nice job, wouldnt galv have been better outside tho?

Would drive up the price tho

 

[Doc Hudson]

Nice work mate.Can I ask what fixings you used for the conduit as i cant see any saddle clips and it looks nice the way youve done it.

Cheers

Well spotted Matty, I just went back for a second look!

Doc H.

 

[M107]

Bright & sunny Doc, but very cold in the wind.

 

[Zeespark]

Did you drill drip holes in the bottoms of the circular boxes M? Nice install too. Easier to install then rerun the wires in the new conduit.

AndyGuinness

 

[m4tty]

When the wiring has to go from the conduit outside to inside the building do you use one of them round boxes and drill through back of it and poke the wires through or is there another way of doing it?

cheers

 

[M107]

Yes 5mm drip hole in the boxes Zee.

M4tty I use a cone cutter to put a hole in the back of the box, fix female adapter to the hole.

Drill 25mm hole through brick work, put pull rod through hole & mark with felt pen to get depth of brickwork.

Cut a length of tube to the depth on the rod, glue tube to box/adaptor & put tube through hole in the wall.

On inside of wall...

Drill rear of box & add female adaptor & push on to tube in wall (no glue).

If tube doesnt line up with adaptor use a long engineering driver through box/adaptor into tube & guide the box on.

If going into existing dado/trunk I use long 8mm masonary bit & go from inside dado to outside of building to give a pilot hole.

Then drill from outside building to inside with a 25mm bit & stop before going through the dado.

Now use cone cutter to cut hole in rear of dado, enlarging the 8mm pilot hole.

Fix the tube to conduit box as above, but on the end going to the dado glue on a male adaptor.

Hopefully if you've measured it right when you put tube through wall, all you need to do is screw on the male adaptor lock ring inside the dado/trunk.

 

[MR DIAZ]

Nice little job there mate. you take pride in your work i see, from looking around.

 

[M107]

Thanks Mr D........how you been keeping?

 

[Andy™]

Dont like your choice of clips M107 - i would have used saddle types. the conduit could be easily pulled out of the clips. other than that, looks like a nice job

 

[ianmacd]

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[Apache]

Looks good

 

[M107]

Some more pictures from this job, cat5 & data outlets.

Cat5 going in.

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Terminating RJ45 plugs.

Strip outer sheath (i've over exagerated the strip here for show) & sort colours in order.

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Place top of sheath level with half width of finger.

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Hold firmly between thumb & finger then place cutters along finger for a straight cut of the conductors. If it's not straight the pin's in the plug will miss the conductor when crimped.

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Once cut place RJ45 plug onto cable with the leaver away from you, also making sure the colours are still in order before crimping.

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Use crimps to fix RJ45 to cable.

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One crimped cat5 to RJ45.

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Apologies if I've just shown you how to suck eggs, just thought it might be of interest to somebody.

 

[Andy™]

nice work

been ages since ive done RJ45 crimps - always hated the stuff

 

[Lurch]

More tape I see!

 

[M107]

Ahh yes errmm .... guilty as charged Lurchy mate.