Old Beach House
May 13, 2011, 04:45 PM
When the electrician installed the 200 Amp power lines underground he installed two 1 inch lengths of conduit for cable and whatever else I might want. When the cable guy came without a snake or the ability to blow a string through 25' of conduit, he starting digging before I got home! After I taught him how to blow a string through the conduit, I realized that the conduit wasn't glued to the 90 degree elbow at the bottom. Is this common? Now I am thinking of installing a threaded coupler to the elbow in case of damage or design change. I'm thinking about reducing it to 3/4" and putting a weatherhead on it. Maybe a 1/2" weatherhead, but I can only find those online. Lowe's has the 3/4" PVC Service Entrance Caps. Should I bother or just let the pipe fill with water. Either way I will replace the cable that the cable guy put in with underground cable. Has anybody done this? Will it end up being only cosmetic; then again cosmetic is important too me. My thought is to get the 1/2" weatherhead so that it is small or will the 3/4" be good? I am also going to get rid of the box. All I need is a 3Ghz grounding connecter. Everything else will be inside the attic. I will be rippping off several pounds of cable from the outside of the house. There are telephone wires too LOL! I haven't had a land line in ten years. The house was built in 1952. I also need to keep the snakes out of the conduit. Any advice as to the weather head for the cable?