Wyr,
The plate is aluminum. MUCH lighter than the 3" pole mount that was on it.
My Uncle the retired ironworker tried and tried to get me to use STEEL...took me a few minutes to explain the weight issue...LOL...speaking of weight I need to break out my fishing scale and see how much it DOES weigh.
And as far as the conduit issue, I have an angle to make up that gray electrical conduit won't make. My dimwit concrete finisher, when he built my house, messed up and left a 5 inch ledge OUTSIDE of the brick, along a part of my back wall. SO when I angle up from the trench I am going to need to go IN at a 45 degree angle before I go UP along the wall, if that makes any sense. So the plan is to use a gentle electrical sweep out of the ground then use a plumbing 45 close to the wall to go up vertically along the wall. I am using 1" conduit and I am only planning on pulling one wire inside of it right now and leaving a string inside if I want more later.
That's the plan, anyway.
Gently heat the PCV conduit and you can bend it like a wet noodle . We use a heat gun . Take a lonf skinny box and cut a hole in either end , just long enough to let you run the PVC through the box . Cut a hole in the side of the box , in the middle , to insert the " nose " of the heat gun . This makes an " oven " to contain the heat . Slowly heat the PVC , rotating it , and moving it in and out of the box , heating as long a section as you need to heat .
When you get the PVC flexable ( do not let it colapse , plugs can be inserted in either end , air pressure will help keep it " inflated " ) . Wearing gloves , ahape it as you need , but do not kink it . When " right " usr water to cool it before you mess up and let the shape go " wrong " .
A hair dryer may work instead of a heat gun .
I have used the tail pipe of a pickup truck for 1/2" & 3/4" , maybe 1" . If it has single exhaust . Dual exhaust diverts too much of the heat to the other pipe to work . Prop a weight on the accellerator ( or get an assistant ) to idle the engine 1500 - 2000 rpm , to get enough heat .
Slowly shove the PVC up the exhaust pipe as it softens , untill you get enough that is soft enough to make your bend . The end of the PVC mau " bell " form the heat or distort . Slip a PVC coupling over the end , to keep it " true " enough to glue more PVC on it , if needed .
Do not over doo it . Cool with water when you get it " right " .
Friends do not let friends pull wire through plumbing fittings .
You can make your 90's & 45's and any thing else this way .
Pulling a string with the coax , is a good Idea , although it often winds its way around the wire so bad it is difficult to pull another wire in , at a latter date . I would suggest pulling in a spare coax .
Wyr
