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CommScope ConQuest Conduit Construction User Manual

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Underground Installation Methods

4.3

Open Trench - Moving Reel

Open Trench - Moving Reel Installation Method


Moving Reel Installation
Prior to installation, make sure to account for cable withdrawal by providing adequate excess length. Make sure the
conduit is capped.

NOTE: See Cable Withdrawal in General Conduit Installation Practices - Page 3.1.

Place the reel on a trailer with pay-off underneath and to the rear of the trailer. Secure the free end of the conduit
outside of the trench.

NOTE: Pay-off from bottom of reel allows the conduit to lay straight in the trench

As you drive off with the trailer, have a worker feed the conduit into the trench. Do not allow the reel to overspin.

When multiple conduits will be placed in trench - lay each flat and straight in the trench - do not cross over another
conduit if at all possible.

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