Terminating Conduit

[kevinhcampbell]

I'm putting in a new driveway, and that will almost certainly damage the existing RG11 coax cable connection from the street to the house. To prevent future problems I plan to bury conduit and use that for the new run.

My question is how should I terminate the conduit? At the street the cable will come down the pole and enter the conduit, but I want to block water, vermin etc. I also want to be able to run fiber etc. in the future. Finally, RG11 is fairly stiff so I want to minimize bends.

Any recommendations on type of box or fitting I should put on the end of the conduit?

 

[Cmreschke]

Trade name is called dum dum. It's a non hardening putty. You could just form around your wire. Point of info though, unless you are using primer and glue and ensuring that you are plumbing tight, your gonna get water in your pipe. Electrical pipe doesn't seal. It always leaks.

 

[UpNorther]

Duct seal

 

[ddawg16]

They make rubber bushings with a hole in it that screws on/glues on the pipe. As noted above, it won't keep the water out....you just want to keep the bugs out.

 

[zmaxmotorsports]

Thumb gum.

 

[wyliesdiesels]

Duct seal

Comes in a brick that looks like C4/plastic explosives...

 

[MFortie]

Polywater FST-250 if you want to be really high tech!

 

[chrispyny]

Listen to what these guys say. You will AWAYS get water in that conduit. I have seen conduit that was run days before which was filled with water. I have had to pour gallons of isolropyl alcohol into conduit with frozen water in it in the dead of winter to get it to thaw. It rarely does anyway.
I have seen the most pretty installs, done as well as possible, STILL full of water.

Outdoor rg11 is waterproof. Any fiber drop ran to your house from the pole is waterproof. Just put in the conduit and be happy you have a clear path to your house from the pole.
Also, make it at least 2". Trust me. Just do it.

 

[R.Anderson]

Heyco fittings and PVC conduit, I highly recommend not wasting time with duck seal with this type of application. I use Heyco fittings at work for every Solar PV installation we do, no problem with water. Take time to prime and cement the PVC and there should be no problems there as well.

http://www.heyco.com/Liquid_Tight_C...-Pre-Assembled&section=Liquid_Tight_Cordgrips

 

[ddawg16]

Heyco fittings and PVC conduit, I highly recommend not wasting time with duck seal with this type of application. I use Heyco fittings at work for every Solar PV installation we do, no problem with water. Take time to prime and cement the PVC and there should be no problems there as well.

http://www.heyco.com/Liquid_Tight_C...-Pre-Assembled&section=Liquid_Tight_Cordgrips

That's what I was referring to....Heyco.....

If you use anything else....it's a PIA to work on.

 

[RangerChief]

Comes in a brick that looks like C4/plastic explosives...

Yep. When a customer always asks me why I'm putting it around wires in a LB or conduit, I say it's for if you don't pay your bill, we detonate this explosive and cut off your power.

 

[nadogail]

I have used Scotch Fill for the same purpose.