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1861
Intermediate Member
Username: 1861
Post Number: 423
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 04, 2006 - 5:07 pm: | 
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i am going to run 100 ft. of bury flex , is there a certain depth it needs buried , also about 25 ft. of it will run under deck , will it hurt to just lay on ground under there ? |
Road_warrior
Senior Member
Username: Road_warrior
Post Number: 1123
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 04, 2006 - 7:14 pm: |
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Some people slide coax into plastic PVC
pipe or garden hose before burying.
It may have to be buried below the frost line.
NOT sure on that. Cbers in Pa (here) just
bury it far enough so lawn mower won't catch
it and have it in plastic pipe or garden hose.
Haven't heard of anyone having trouble. |
1861
Intermediate Member
Username: 1861
Post Number: 424
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 04, 2006 - 8:59 pm: |
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YEAH , I,VE DONE THAT BEFORE , BUT DESCIDED TO JUST USE BURY FLEX THIS TIME , SHOULDN,T NEED TO PUT IT IN ANYTHING , I THINK . |
Chad
Advanced Member
Username: Chad
Post Number: 623
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 04, 2006 - 9:39 pm: |
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I have bury flex and it's down about 12" It's not below the frostline. It will be fine under the deck, actually better than other coax because critters seem to not prefer the jacket. Just drop it in and go.
Chad |
1861
Intermediate Member
Username: 1861
Post Number: 425
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 04, 2006 - 10:17 pm: |
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THANKS , I DIDN,T WANT TO DIG ANY DEEPER THAN I HAD TOO IN THIS ROCK , JUST ENOUGH TO GET AWAY FROM LAWNMOWER . ROAD WARRIOR , I DON,T LIVE TOO FAR FROM YOU , ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH OF JOHNSTOWN . I,M THINKING STILL OF PUTTING UP A 3 ELEMENT BEAM BUT NOT SURE OF WIND AND ICE |
Road_warrior
Senior Member
Username: Road_warrior
Post Number: 1124
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 04, 2006 - 11:29 pm: |
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Yeah, i forgot...LOL...
That bury flex coax must be tough stuff.
Thinking of mounting a beam Horz?
Guess try it and see how it holds up. |
Rldrake
Member
Username: Rldrake
Post Number: 53
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Monday, February 06, 2006 - 12:50 am: |
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If it was me, I would put the buried feedline in pvc tubing or some sort of conduit. "Direct burial" feedline will stand up just fine to the weather...depth is unimportant. Where your problem will be is with varmits...ground squirrels, moles, field mice, etc. They like to chew on such feedline. They will nibble away at the covering and then water will get in and cause serious problems. The part of the feedline on the ground...should be okay. What type of feedline is it? 9913 types are very easily ruined just by walking on it, running lawn tractors over it, or by children. Real 213 type (mil spec) feedline is really the only common type of feedline currently on the market that will take this kind of on-the-ground abuse. |
Chad
Advanced Member
Username: Chad
Post Number: 681
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Monday, February 06, 2006 - 9:05 am: |
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Critters don't like the stuff (buryflex). I have no critter marks on mine, everyone who is using it just drops it in. For some reason it must taste foul to them. I have a nutty dog that will chew on steel fence posts and refuses to chew on the bury-flex. I personally have never tried to chew on it myself  I figure if the Muncie wildlife leaves it alone that it probably would not taste all that well, them critters eat some nasty/amazing stuff
Chad |
Rldrake
Member
Username: Rldrake
Post Number: 56
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 07, 2006 - 4:03 am: |
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People bury all sorts of cables, feedlines, and electrical wiring. Most of the time critters do not bother it, but that doesn't mean they never will. If the "bury flex" had some sort of ingredient to ward off varmits, they would make a point of advertising it as such. It's like mice and electrical wiring...they don't usually bother it...but then sometimes they do. There is no way to know if they will, or will not, ever bother it. My neighbors put their garbage out at night before they go to bed on garbage day. The coons don't seem to bother it at all...but I have seen coons in people's garbage in other neighborhoods many times. I put mine out at about 5:30am, when I hear the truck comming down the road. This way, I don't have to worry at all about it. That is why if I were to run an underground feedline, I would put it in some sort of conduit. It's just cheap insurance. |
Chad
Advanced Member
Username: Chad
Post Number: 684
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 07, 2006 - 8:55 am: |
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I think I remember seeing that it was advertised as varmit proof on the website while I was researching it. I can't put the site on here.
A lot of the cable people bury are not direct burial cable either, Learned that from 2 houses now where the fools before me dropped standard romex into the ground. It lasts a few years and then will intermittently blow breakers
Chad
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Dale
Intermediate Member
Username: Dale
Post Number: 307
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 07, 2006 - 9:27 pm: |
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if i were to bury coax it woould go into a '
garden hose before i burried it.hey 1861 im in
p.a. also about 50miles south/west of erie,pa
dale/cef426 |
1861
Intermediate Member
Username: 1861
Post Number: 448
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 07, 2006 - 9:47 pm: |
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WITH SKIP GOING AWAY , SHOULD BE ABLE TO CONTACT OTHER PA STATIONS |
Chad
Advanced Member
Username: Chad
Post Number: 690
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 08, 2006 - 4:04 pm: |
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"if i were to bury coax it woould go into a '
garden hose"
That's why before I drive my honda I wrap it in an old car body, in case it gets hit.
The garden hose will decompose LONG before the Buryflex. Actually trap water instead of wicking it away like soil. Maybe do more harm then good. Best to use burial conduit if you are going to do it. The manuf. recommends just dropping it in. Many have and have had it in for a long time with no problems. |
Applejack
Intermediate Member
Username: Applejack
Post Number: 295
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Monday, December 24, 2007 - 10:24 pm: |
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well here we go again. not ideal seems to pretty well describe a lot of what i do. but i buried about 200' of rg8x just under the surface no more than 2" using a lawn edger to lift the sod. just laid it in the ground as is. will be 3 years in april 'o8. have had no swr issues. aj |
Tech237
Moderator
Username: Tech237
Post Number: 933
Registered: 4-2004
| | Posted on Friday, December 28, 2007 - 11:31 am: |
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Bury it in a pipe of some form and include a pull string or two so that other lengths can be added at a later date.
Bury as deep as possible - it is amazing how many cables that were orignally 12inches or more deep, suddenly end up almost on the surface. We repair replace many a week, here at work, for just that reason..
Simon
Tech237
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