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Machine wire question
- Thread starter Bluechipx
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Lakeside53
Stainless
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Somebody forgot to take it off after pressure testing the roll. Is the other end sealed?
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guest
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Why would they pressure test SO cord?
My best guess is it's there to make it easier to pull the wire. You can get those heat shrink end caps with or without the valve.
Heat Shrinkable Boots with Stem Valve - Cableorganizer.com
My best guess is it's there to make it easier to pull the wire. You can get those heat shrink end caps with or without the valve.
Heat Shrinkable Boots with Stem Valve - Cableorganizer.com
doug8cat
Titanium
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Spit balling here, so humor me.
wire is manufactured, sits, shipped, sits @ wholesaler, ships to distributors, sits.
A lot of time for moisture to enter an un capped wire end and creep up further. Cap the ends no contaminates can enter.
I cannot it sitting around long enough for the green death to make its way a siginifact way up. But what do I know? Food for thought
wire is manufactured, sits, shipped, sits @ wholesaler, ships to distributors, sits.
A lot of time for moisture to enter an un capped wire end and creep up further. Cap the ends no contaminates can enter.
I cannot it sitting around long enough for the green death to make its way a siginifact way up. But what do I know? Food for thought
Hardplates
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Why would you pull SO cord? Kind of defeats the intended purpose if you put it in conduit
Well, now I feel a little less ignorant, it doesn't look like there was an obvious answer. At some point I will see the other end but I can't think of what could be there that would clarify the issue. It seems to be on very tight, like it was made for the wire.
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kenh
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Doesn't quite resemble any of those but the one jancollc sent a link for is exactly the one.
EPAIII
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Conduit is not the only place where a cable is pulled. I can recall a whole day when I and several others PULLED a cable from the ground floor of an office building to the roof. It had to go through all kinds of spaces and for most of them we both pulled and pushed. And cussed! Floor after floor after floor..... And we used a whole container of the yellow stuff and started on a second one.
Hardplates
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My point was SO cord is most often used in accessible areas so I don't think that's what it was put on there for. Usually you use a Chinese finger to pull wire
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Oh, I agree. Who would waste the money on SO cord if it's going inside a conduit. Not me.
The only person who knows is the person that put it on there. The fitting as an easy way to rig a telegraph line is the only thing that came to my mind when I saw that pic.
I've bought a lot of SO cord and never had a schrader valve attached, lol.
Most likely just a joke from the guys that sold the spool. Someone in the warehouse messing with the OP's head...
crossthread
Titanium
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That valve is so they can inflate the price of the wire.
Spruewell
Hot Rolled
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Better check the pressure rating on it. Don’t want that thing blowing up in your face when it hits 120psi.
4GSR
Diamond
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They purged it with Nitrogen to make sure it doesn't leak voltage...
Back in the day, they did this to overhead telephone wire to dry out the moisture in the lines.
Back in the day, they did this to overhead telephone wire to dry out the moisture in the lines.Kenre
Cast Iron
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The valve is where they pump the smoke in! Is it Lucas branded ?
BT Fabrication
Titanium
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my uneducated guess would be that the wire is moisture rated and might have pumped in a di-electric grease to seal it. pull vacuum then put grease in it. or maybe just inert gas for storage
Isn’t it actually against code [in some areas?] to run things like SO cable and Romex inside conduit?
