If you ever use a pull behind air compressor to do this in very long 4" pvc, I recommend sending the line from the electrical room towards the outside termination, not the other way around, as ground water has a tendency to enter the conduit, and drench the other end. It is interesting to watch, though not recommended as a fountain of water in large switch gear is less then desirable. on smaller conduit runs, with water, you can bump the vacuum, and get the water to rock side to side to a point where it shoots out, clears out, and allows enough air to pass to continue pushing the bag if its not too drenched with water. great Channel by the way
@@Zorlig we use slope to our advantage for laying self winterizing irrigation lines, French drains ect. It's not to difficult. With a few minutes of thought, someone could design something easy.
Your videos are some of the most useful on solar installs. You cover a lot of the small details that are missing in most videos. You just need to get a stabilized camera ;)
Yes thank you I have a gamble but it just takes too long to set up and I am working in the field. I know the quality is not the best but I’m glad to Content is good for you
This works acceptably in an "open" conduit; but a well-constructed parachute works better. A good parachute will go past existing cable and other obstructions because it will vary in size -- expanding and contracting as the clutter in the pathway changes... With practice, you can even get it through intermediate [small] boxes and condoulets -- which the "plug" system simply doesn't do...
Question, In Florida could someone set up ground mounts to where the low point is 6'5" off of the ground. I would like to put up a 10 kW system at my house using the highest wattage panels I could get.
In my opinion, the best way to run wire in buried conduit is to assemble no more than 100 feet lengths of conduit on a flat surface, glued together, run the wires through this conduit, drop it in the ground, then splice the runs using a grey electric can at the surface.
That’s not the way anyone in the business would do it. Sounds time consuming, and full of failpoints. The ability to pull wire thru conduit is a beautiful skill. The splices add fail points. Thanks for watching
@@PatrickBMusic-sf2hu What don't you understand? Try running 4 AWG and larger through 2 inch conduits a few hundred feet. Very heavy and very difficult.
You certainly don’t have too but conduit adds protection and makes for long term serviceability. We look at our work as electrical infrastructure. If you are going to dig up all that dirt you might as well put a pipe in. That way if you want to rewire you PV or add more panel later or whatever you already have a conduit in place.
@@JacksonCampbell Leave the pull-string in. They are cheap plus you can always pull a rope using the pull-string first, if the final cable is going to be really big. As to each end, tie a small wood stick to the pull string so that you cannot accidentally "lose" the tail in the conduit. When you close the junction box just leave that wood stick inside. Cheers!
