Getting Fiber to My Town by Jared Mauch

Thu Sep 10 21:03:01 UTC 2020

I recall using that a couple decades ago, helping an electrician pull some circuits through our old office building. I had to put that stuff on the wires as he pulled them from the other end. “Just imagine you are jerking off an elephant” is how he told me to do it.

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Andy Ringsmuth
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> On Sep 10, 2020, at 3:48 PM, Brandon Svec <bsvec at teamonesolutions.com> wrote:
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> I’ve heard people call cable lube elephant snot, lol.
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>> On Sep 10, 2020, at 1:29 PM, Josh Luthman <josh at imaginenetworksllc.com> wrote:
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>> I believe this is the stuff we used on our project:
>> https://www.menards.com/main/electrical/electrical-tools-accessories/wire-conduit-installation/ideal-regyellow-77-wire-pulling-lubricant-5-gallon/31-355/p-1444433962344-c-6458.htm  
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>> Josh Luthman
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>> On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 4:25 PM Jared Mauch <jared at puck.nether.net> wrote:
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>> > On Sep 10, 2020, at 4:10 PM, Jared Geiger <compuwizz at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> > Another Jared with a question. What method did you use to blow the fiber through the conduit? You mentioned you had trouble figuring out the process relating to lubrication and building a contraption to blow the fiber.
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>> You need the conduit lube.  The duraline summer blowing lube worked well for me.
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>> - Jared
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