How about a vacuum and balloon?what is the best way to get true tape from point to point on a long runs of conduit , does anyone have trouble with it breaking half way ? looking for solutions what about leaving it in the conduit and it will not come out after one day ?
whistling2 pulls it right in.
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we have runs that are 289feet to 300 feet long cant run a fish tape , and after you pull in the true tape we pull it back out to save money on the cost of the tape just and leave a string in the pipe to pull in the 1/4 rope to pull in the larger rope but if we leave the true tape in over nite it does not come out the next day it sticks ?just thougth someone had the same problem and could tell us how they do there measuring on long lengths . but i get tried of hours wasted . my company cant buy rolls of true tape it cost 45 dollars a roll we would spend lots as we have hundreds of conduits to measure on one job ?what is the best way to get true tape from point to point on a long runs of conduit , does anyone have trouble with it breaking half way ? looking for solutions what about leaving it in the conduit and it will not come out after one day ?
what is the best way to get true tape from point to point on a long runs of conduit , does anyone have trouble with it breaking half way ? looking for solutions what about leaving it in the conduit and it will not come out after one day ?
we actually use pieces of plastic bags from convenience stores...
until we use it to pull in the larger rope needed to pull the wire.
yes, yes, yes and etc:laughing:![]()
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Conduit Measuring Tape ...............................(Not actual size or to scale...LMAO)
Blow/suck/pull it in however ...just get it in.
We leave it IN the conduit until we are ready to pull the run for a couple of reasons:
1 - it's cheap
2 - it can be used to drag a heavier line through the pipe if need be
3 - you can check that the run hasn't been broken/jammed BEFORE you start the real pull
4 - etc
god damn crack addict salesmen...how in the heck is a laser tape gonna measure through 3 - 90's?
the plastic bag from the convenience store will work on runs with SS fittings (without taping them) for upto about 200' or so...yes, this is from experience...
true tape costs <$0.02/foot...that is $6 for a 300 foot run...how much labor $ are spent pulling the true tape, then pulling it out and pulling in pulling string that costs about $0.01/ft?
IMHO...
