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Pulling in cable - how hard can it be?

Chris Pearson

I am knackered - I have spent several hours today pulling in 3 x 16 mm² into 25 mm conduit. OSG promised me that it was possible and indeed it has been, but how difficult does it have to be?

Lube the cable, up the ladder, pull a bit, back to the beginning, lube the cable, back outside again, up the ladder, pull a bit. Down the ladder, move the ladder, up the ladder, pull a bit, down the ladder. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat.

Am I missing something?

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  • At last! I have a weekend free of pulling cables. :-)

    16 mm² x 1 is just doable, but I am not sure that I would risk it for a live cable. x 3 is impossible, so I ended up with 6 + 6 + 4 for the lives. The dead tests are perfect.

    The up the ladder - down the ladder - move the ladder - up the ladder - down the ladder, etc. bit is unavoidable, but the best bit is that I seem to have lost 3 lbs in 3 weeks. :-):-)

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  • At last! I have a weekend free of pulling cables. :-)

    16 mm² x 1 is just doable, but I am not sure that I would risk it for a live cable. x 3 is impossible, so I ended up with 6 + 6 + 4 for the lives. The dead tests are perfect.

    The up the ladder - down the ladder - move the ladder - up the ladder - down the ladder, etc. bit is unavoidable, but the best bit is that I seem to have lost 3 lbs in 3 weeks. :-):-)

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