Nothing ventured nothing gained is a saying for a reason. Don’t be SO hard on yourself. Now you know going forward, now you HAVE the knowledge from experience. That’s priceless. At least you are willing to try!!!!
Your conversation about marriage pushing and pulling, made me cry lost my sweetheart and remembering how we were about the same pushing and pulling and little arguing. No need for feeling sorry for my lost he is in a better place. I will be with him one day.
Oh man, my heart sank watching this, knowing it was already too late to warn you. Looks like you guys made it through well enough though. I have some recommendation for the future. -Your wire fill shouldn't exceed 40% of the piping. If the pipe is too full it can build up too much heat in the pipes and cause damage over time. -Installing LBs at both ends before going into the buildings, like you did on the dome end. -Try to prevent having more that 360 degrees of bends between junctions. Personally I try not to go over 270 degrees. -Feeding 2 or 3 pull strings while your building your conduit run, instead of using a fish tape afterwards. I really enjoy your videos and I'm jealous of your incredible ability to stay positive. You two are amazing. Keep up the great work.
Yes, I was thinking exactly the same, especially when it came to the pull. So, I'll just add my 2 cents worth to your advice. NEVER remove wire from the side of a spool. Put the spools onto a pipe and unroll the wire straight off the spools, while inserting the bundle directly into the conduit, without crossing the strands. Every time you pull off one diameter's length from the side of a spool, you are twisting the wire by 360 degrees, creating coils. With individual strands of solid core, that soon becomes a tangled mess. The wires will cross over each other and increase the diameter of the bundle. EDIT: Glad to see they figured it out (close enough, anyway) BR😎
@@bcase5328 In AZ, the government provides a free "Blue Stake" service to locate underground electrical cables and mark their locations, prior to digging. Most typical metal detectors can do the same. No special detection tape required. The live cables are already surrounded by an electromagnetic field.
While watching them try both times i was saying to my partner how they should only pass a couple of cables at a time with a spare pull string each time so there's always a string to pull. They learn the hard way.
I love your channel! I have a suggestion for when you run the wire to the next dome. Consider avoiding 90 degree turns. Use the more gradual turns as well as 2 inch conduit. I saw that solution on one of the Tube Tube channels I follow. I’ll try to figure out which one and let you know. What a struggle! I’m eager to see the power on!!!
Watching this vid, I was ready to chime in with my advice. No need. Others have already said what I was going to say. You two are doing a great job building your own home and showing us how to do it at the same time. Much respect for your hard work. Really enjoy watching, and thank you for sharing!
Never seen anybody pull a main line with a tape. Always with an appropriate sized rope. Rope in, pull through with the tape, rope connected to wires, rope pulled. Happy wires ✌️ or string connected to shopping bag, shopping bag sucked through pipe with Shop-Vac, string attached to rope, string pulls rope through, rope pull's wire through. happy wire ✌️ keep on keeping on 🏠
I've seen wire pulls make enemies of friends - for a little while. And a lot of electricians get wire fill charts wrong, too. It happens! But you nailed it perfectly when talking about the unseen bias/pressure that trying to save money puts on our thinking process. I've been there, as well. One tip for the future: when using pvc pipe, pull away from the highest concentrations of elbows, not towards them. This avoids a few catastrophes that could possibly happen. Also, where you hit the dirt outside of the structures, using 45's would have saved your back and hands. But you got it done! It's another check in the WIN column.
Great commitment to getting that wire through. The saying is that you live and you learn, and we all do. But the trick is that we never give up. But the best bit is that you always keep smiling. X
Thought: Put some kind of marking to show where the underground wires are, in case some future needs depends upon where those wires are at. (Planning for the future). (Buried Cables).
Wow, so proud of u!!! We all learn thru mistakes!!! U guys have taught so many people to never give up!! Your will and dedication is so inspiring!!!! Amazing!!!
A little late, but my brother and I did that from his house to his shop, and we laid out the wire on the grass beside the trench and pulled it through the conduit one section at a time and glued them together afterward. Glad y'all got it before the rains! 👍🏻👍🏻
i sang the next part for you 😂 You both are pretty amazing. what you accomplish boggles my mind. you shouldn't be so hard on yourself. You are allowed to miscalculate every once and awhile. Once the house is finished and the building is a distant memory this will be one of those remember how we stories, and it will be a fond one that makes the end result even sweeter. I think the overcoming is actually the important part of life. It's not the wins that define, it's the overcoming the obstacles. much love to you both.
Geez you had me concern with costly well when I saw the house still standing, I said to myself it could not have been the house it is still there. So, your mistake was a flaw you jumped right on it and still shoveled the dirt in Jim. Living the LIFE of FREEDOM and Learning to the live the life should always be positive even to yourself. So happy for you both and Crew and your very simple lifestyle you both are creating. Jess, I have been meaning to say your hair has grown fast in this last year April to April. I too wear long hair, but I have the grandmother type hair now, it has not grown as fast as your hair did, still got it that is all that matters for me. Stay Strong you both you got this even with the bumps along the way. You both have great personalities; I truly look forward to your videos. thank you
Funny story...a couple days after you guys were here, I texted my friend Veda (who told me about your channel a few years ago) and she said you picked up wire at their house, too! And you're welcome. 😊
Yeah, it's best to not beat yourself up. With the amount of work you have to do on this homestead and build, you're bound to make many mistakes along the way. Even the pros make mistakes. Keep it up like you have been! God bless!
Maybe you will have need for the 1" later so it won't be a loss. Never know. Not always when we expect a blessing it will come. You took it in great strides and got it done before the rains. Love the smiles from you both. Makes a great end of day to have a job well done.
Send these hard working studious folks some supports to handle the bump on this worthy and frugal project.!..enjoy the content! its not too much to ask if those who can, make a difference
Hello! As to Menards, I was a life long resident of Illinois and shopping at Menards was a given. I am now living in New England and there is no Menards or other Menard-like store and it was quite an adjustment. After 10 plus years, I still occasionally pull up their website just to look. Otherwise, once again, I watch all of your videos and have learned a lot from you and have also yelled at you because I do some things differently--maybe not right, but differently and easier (maybe not). You are doing fantastic and should be very proud of what you have accomplished. May God bless you and give you the knowledge and strength to complete your work.
Good evening to my favorite dirtbag couple. All you can do is try and if it doesn't work the first time figure out why and correct and keep moving forward. And alway remember this is getting you one step closer to moving into your amazing home.
LOL when you said how's the rest of that song go? I was singing, "I get knocked down and I get up again, you're never gonna keep me down.... Pissing the night away.... Pissing the night away... " 🤣😂
THUMBS up to this video!!!! I can't wait to see the light shining through the windows of the earth dome house at night. 🌙 👍👍👍👍👍🎆 Stay positive and POSITIVE!!!
In the end it always get right. We use here special cable that can be used in the ground. It is screened with steel, and flexible plastic. Much more easy. But sometimes i think at your place they have other regulations. Nice job! And done it all by your selves. Be proud!
@@timerickson7056 That is funny 40years? So in 40 years you never decided to use pull string and a vacuum or use CO2? So your telling me 40 years of never learning how to do things you just stayed an amateur?
@@timerickson7056 what I said is 100% fact I will bet you anything you want we can get it notarized what ever you want to do I guarantee you I am right.
I'm not gonna join the chorus wondering why you didn't feed the wire before you did the joins (wire one section at a time) cause it must be a huge relief to have it done, BUT it might work reusing that small PVC when you hook up the other dome, or if you're gonna wire out to outbuildings. Yay being done!
♥️🌹😂 Jim and Jess are becoming, “The Little House on The Prairie”, you two are so awesome together! What a lovely team!♥️❤️🌹🌹 Jess is so intuitive, and so attractive, I love her creative sensibility, and Jim forever up to mischief while he works and plays! I could watch Jess’s emotional expressions all day, lol, when she smiles it’s like the sun coming out! Hee, hee, Jim always trying to get that Sun to come out!😂
Love how you energetically you get so happy to see the rain. I wanted to ask you about that tree, if I remember correctly it was Grandma or your father Jessica not sure as life goes on…🤷♀️🙏🏻💯🙏🏻💯🇦🇺
A friend of mine gave me this advice many years ago. When running wire, adding a heavy duty "pull string" to the bundle will pay future dividends. With the string, if another wire is needed in the future, you can connect the wire to the string to pull it through. I have extra "pull strings" throughout my house. :)
it would truly only be a mistake if you dint learn any thing . i think you done just fine . we all make mistakes in life its how we come back from them that defines who we are as people . work safe with that electricity buddy .
I used to run underground trunk and feed lines for cable TV in the 80s when my back was young and still under warrantee. We used GALLONS of "yellow snot" wire pulling compound and jet line to pull trunk line and drops. Those were a stone bitch even at 21 years old and invincible! WTG for getting the wire runs done!
I used to install telephone cables and we would use a fish tape too. We would attach rope to the end and pull it through. Then we would attach our cable to the rope and pull it through. Often we would also pull a string through with the cable in case we had to go back sometime in the future to add another cable or replace the existing one.
Never gave up as a team, Husband and a wife.. extremely rewarding to finish even through all the setbacks.. you did do it.. closer and closer! Keep on keeping on! Been watching for sometime.. 👍🏽👍🏽
I was gutted for you about the conduit and then happy that you both fixed it. I've pulled a lot of cable through conduit and could have offered my humble advice.
Menards is my go to store for material and tools. They are all over the Midwest as you know. They are running the 11% rebate all the time these days. Hard lesson to learn, but glad you got it all pulled and your trench backfilled before the rain! Should be smooth sailing on wiring the dome from here.
Hooray!!!😃. We learn from our mistakes you know that. This wasn't really a mistake tho, just a hiccup and even tho it cost you more money and time, you did learn.😊👍 You ultimately reached your objective and you beat the 🌧👍😃. Enjoy that success and of course all that beautiful RAIN!!💕
When you are checking the conduit fill chart... Make sure you are check the right table for the insulation the wire has Some insulation is a lot thicker
I really look forward to your videos. You are always up to some crazy unique job. I love the interaction between you and how both of you react to your environment whether it’s dancing in the rain or ‘mulching’ trees with rocks.
We´ve run conduits, you should pass the wire through each part before conecting them together, much easier, shorter laps! We used 25 mm wire for our house, 2" pipe and we passed 2 by 2, that is 2 wires in one pipe, 2 in the other! (here we use 4 ways, 3 110V and one Neutral, the ground comes from nearer our building). Put an opening midway, that is a cement box, where you can push and pull also! In the next dome, pass a pipe beneath the first layer of bags, so you don't have electric coming up on the outside, only on the inside. You may put a second cement box near the entrance to the dome, so you have a much neater environment later. No ugly pipes appearing on the outside. I wish you luck on the building. I like to watch your videos. Learned a lot, and the views around are so different from our place, which is green and lush, with rains whole year round in Southern Brasil.
Wow Jim, you'll need a new belt soon so you don't trip over that one around your waist. "Good Job Jim" and "Good Job Jess" your new titles, as you earned it. You are troopers. That should be your last name Jim and Jess Trooper. Ha Ha And let there be light, then lots of rain.
That Desert Willow is looking great! We sympathize with you on the cost vs effectiveness struggle. In trying to preserve our capital we also have gone cheaper on stuff that has bitten us, mostly equipment. But great job and good on ya' for keeping it real. You will know more than many professionals by the time your're done.
Congratulations 🎉👏🎉👏. You learned a lesson, be thankful for it. Each day brings you and Jess accomplishments and it's coming together nicely. You two are doing it all, that's a huge deal. I'm very proud of you both. Great job and great video.
You cats are doing just fine, a lot of work no matter how yah look at it...I'd advise running the wire first and slip each piece of Condit over the the wire one piece at a time and back build it...glue as you build it out...love
To make wire pulling a super easy process wherever you have 90s be sure to have 18 inces of clearance from the face of every junction box and be sure to loop your wire bundle For smooth pulls.
Listen you guys are living and learning everyday. While I cringe a lot of times of how hard you make projects to complete for each of you to do I so admire your tenacity to make it work..... Your journey is now to get your dome livable and move in. It has been an a long long long journey you both deserve to get you house liveable tolerable and safe to live in..... Keep up the good work DTP so much to do especially through sustainable living of your land such as Hydroponics, thermal energy and bio diversity... Love watching your channel take what I say as positive feed back and not to put you both down. Your journey is amazing
If your fit is tight. I would fish all my wires through one 8' section at a time, leaving all the joints disconnected. Then pull the 2 to 3" gaps together and glue the joints after all the cables are ran. Honestly, I do this even when they are not tight. Makes the job way easier.
Fish tape is great and rigid and reliable, and yet my father taught us girls at a young age on one of his jobs ( being an architect contractor ) where you use a string and a shop vac to suck the guide string through to feed your wires…future food for thought…
Nothing ventured nothing gained is a saying for a reason. Don’t be SO hard on yourself. Now you know going forward, now you HAVE the knowledge from experience. That’s priceless. At least you are willing to try!!!!
Your conversation about marriage pushing and pulling, made me cry lost my sweetheart and remembering how we were about the same pushing and pulling and little arguing. No need for feeling sorry for my lost he is in a better place. I will be with him one day.
❤️
Oh man, my heart sank watching this, knowing it was already too late to warn you. Looks like you guys made it through well enough though. I have some recommendation for the future.
-Your wire fill shouldn't exceed 40% of the piping. If the pipe is too full it can build up too much heat in the pipes and cause damage over time.
-Installing LBs at both ends before going into the buildings, like you did on the dome end.
-Try to prevent having more that 360 degrees of bends between junctions. Personally I try not to go over 270 degrees.
-Feeding 2 or 3 pull strings while your building your conduit run, instead of using a fish tape afterwards.
I really enjoy your videos and I'm jealous of your incredible ability to stay positive. You two are amazing. Keep up the great work.
YES,TO ALL
Yes, I was thinking exactly the same, especially when it came to the pull. So, I'll just add my 2 cents worth to your advice.
NEVER remove wire from the side of a spool. Put the spools onto a pipe and unroll the wire straight off the spools, while inserting the bundle directly into the conduit, without crossing the strands.
Every time you pull off one diameter's length from the side of a spool, you are twisting the wire by 360 degrees, creating coils. With individual strands of solid core, that soon becomes a tangled mess. The wires will cross over each other and increase the diameter of the bundle.
EDIT: Glad to see they figured it out (close enough, anyway)
BR😎
I think you should have added a run of magnet/metal detector tape on top of you conduct, so the conduct can be found.
@@bcase5328 In AZ, the government provides a free "Blue Stake" service to locate underground electrical cables and mark their locations, prior to digging.
Most typical metal detectors can do the same. No special detection tape required.
The live cables are already surrounded by an electromagnetic field.
While watching them try both times i was saying to my partner how they should only pass a couple of cables at a time with a spare pull string each time so there's always a string to pull. They learn the hard way.
Hang in there Jim, don’t beat yourself up! You’ve accomplished so much already. There are better days ahead!
I was grunting and straining with you Jim, even though I was just sitting and watching... hope it helped!😄
It did!😀
I love your channel! I have a suggestion for when you run the wire to the next dome. Consider avoiding 90 degree turns. Use the more gradual turns as well as 2 inch conduit. I saw that solution on one of the Tube Tube channels I follow. I’ll try to figure out which one and let you know. What a struggle! I’m eager to see the power on!!!
Sometimes you win. Sometimes you learn. So glad you got it done before the rain came.
I loved it when she giggled and smiled a little bit at the end of the video it was pretty cool, she’s usually so humble and quiet.
Omg you filmed the blue scale quail!!!! I knew that’s what I had been hearing in your videos 😊
I like the little bit of shouting that makes it healthy. You've done wonders you two thank you for all your videos .
Watching this vid, I was ready to chime in with my advice. No need. Others have already said what I was going to say. You two are doing a great job building your own home and showing us how to do it at the same time. Much respect for your hard work. Really enjoy watching, and thank you for sharing!
Never seen anybody pull a main line with a tape. Always with an appropriate sized rope. Rope in, pull through with the tape, rope connected to wires, rope pulled. Happy wires ✌️ or string connected to shopping bag, shopping bag sucked through pipe with Shop-Vac, string attached to rope, string pulls rope through, rope pull's wire through. happy wire ✌️ keep on keeping on 🏠
I've seen wire pulls make enemies of friends - for a little while. And a lot of electricians get wire fill charts wrong, too. It happens! But you nailed it perfectly when talking about the unseen bias/pressure that trying to save money puts on our thinking process.
I've been there, as well.
One tip for the future: when using pvc pipe, pull away from the highest concentrations of elbows, not towards them. This avoids a few catastrophes that could possibly happen. Also, where you hit the dirt outside of the structures, using 45's would have saved your back and hands.
But you got it done! It's another check in the WIN column.
This was a nice video folks. The music selection in particular was really lovely.
Truly think you guys are a BEAUTIFUL couple! 💕
You have a beautiful smile Jessica, keep smiling. The world needs more smilings.
Great commitment to getting that wire through. The saying is that you live and you learn, and we all do. But the trick is that we never give up. But the best bit is that you always keep smiling. X
I will almost grunting with you two watching you pulling the wire. Good to see you getting it done.
Thought: Put some kind of marking to show where the underground wires are, in case some future needs depends upon where those wires are at. (Planning for the future).
(Buried Cables).
Glad you got and your wife is such a wonderful person and a great helper
Wow, so proud of u!!! We all learn thru mistakes!!! U guys have taught so many people to never give up!! Your will and dedication is so inspiring!!!! Amazing!!!
Two hard working people getting it done , good job .
For a non-tradesman, you did great! Just remember - only one ground wire per conduit run - always. Just size the ground wire properly. 👍
I keep looking at it.. I honestly can't see any other options. When someone works really hard it feels wrong to be critical.. so good job..
Soft sweep connects where you make turns 90s are hard to pull through
Don't be so hard on yourself. Where some people give up, you got it done. Love you guys. Keep up the great work.
A little late, but my brother and I did that from his house to his shop, and we laid out the wire on the grass beside the trench and pulled it through the conduit one section at a time and glued them together afterward. Glad y'all got it before the rains! 👍🏻👍🏻
Menard’s has EVERYTHING! 👍🏻
I’m so glad you beat the rain.
You two kick a$$.
First you find the woman, then you build the house, then you get the power. I see where this is going Jim. Keep up the awesome work you two. 👏
I love your honesty, there isn't enough of that in the world today. God be with you
I love you two…so glad to see you two laughing together!
i sang the next part for you 😂 You both are pretty amazing. what you accomplish boggles my mind. you shouldn't be so hard on yourself. You are allowed to miscalculate every once and awhile. Once the house is finished and the building is a distant memory this will be one of those remember how we stories, and it will be a fond one that makes the end result even sweeter. I think the overcoming is actually the important part of life. It's not the wins that define, it's the overcoming the obstacles. much love to you both.
Future reference they also sell wire lube to help the friction of the wires or rub the wires with dish soap while you start into the conduit.
We use that in this video
@@ourselfreliantlife ok must os skipped that part😁😁
Thanks you both for you honesty. You've saved some of us from making future mistakes.
Geez you had me concern with costly well when I saw the house still standing, I said to myself it could not have been the house it is still there. So, your mistake was a flaw you jumped right on it and still shoveled the dirt in Jim. Living the LIFE of FREEDOM and Learning to the live the life should always be positive even to yourself. So happy for you both and Crew and your very simple lifestyle you both are creating. Jess, I have been meaning to say your hair has grown fast in this last year April to April. I too wear long hair, but I have the grandmother type hair now, it has not grown as fast as your hair did, still got it that is all that matters for me. Stay Strong you both you got this even with the bumps along the way. You both have great personalities; I truly look forward to your videos. thank you
Funny story...a couple days after you guys were here, I texted my friend Veda (who told me about your channel a few years ago) and she said you picked up wire at their house, too! And you're welcome. 😊
That's wild! I didn't know you knew each other. Too funny.
So good to see both of you conquer the obstacles in front of you.
Thanks for being real in these videos! Homesteading is not all candy and roses for sure! Way to keep going!
Yeah, it's best to not beat yourself up. With the amount of work you have to do on this homestead and build, you're bound to make many mistakes along the way. Even the pros make mistakes. Keep it up like you have been! God bless!
Maybe you will have need for the 1" later so it won't be a loss. Never know. Not always when we expect a blessing it will come. You took it in great strides and got it done before the rains. Love the smiles from you both. Makes a great end of day to have a job well done.
Send these hard working studious folks some supports to handle the bump on this worthy and frugal project.!..enjoy the content! its not too much to ask if those who can, make a difference
Hello! As to Menards, I was a life long resident of Illinois and shopping at Menards was a given. I am now living in New England and there is no Menards or other Menard-like store and it was quite an adjustment. After 10 plus years, I still occasionally pull up their website just to look. Otherwise, once again, I watch all of your videos and have learned a lot from you and have also yelled at you because I do some things differently--maybe not right, but differently and easier (maybe not). You are doing fantastic and should be very proud of what you have accomplished. May God bless you and give you the knowledge and strength to complete your work.
Good evening to my favorite dirtbag couple. All you can do is try and if it doesn't work the first time figure out why and correct and keep moving forward. And alway remember this is getting you one step closer to moving into your amazing home.
I'm proud of you guy's!🙃😏 take care ~batton down the hatches as needed have a great evening ❤👍🤗
LOL when you said how's the rest of that song go? I was singing, "I get knocked down and I get up again, you're never gonna keep me down.... Pissing the night away.... Pissing the night away... " 🤣😂
The strength of a good man... take life's knocks on the chin, dust yourself off and do it better. Great stuff you two. I am proud of you🥰💕🙏
Another major step completed. Excellent!!! Looking great guys. Keep it up.
THUMBS up to this video!!!! I can't wait to see the light shining through the windows of the earth dome house at night. 🌙 👍👍👍👍👍🎆 Stay positive and POSITIVE!!!
Ready to see the plaster start on the house! 👍👍
In the end it always get right. We use here special cable that can be used in the ground. It is screened with steel, and flexible plastic. Much more easy. But sometimes i think at your place they have other regulations. Nice job! And done it all by your selves. Be proud!
At least you didn’t have to pay for more wire!!! Great job guys looking good !
I pull the wire through each section as I glue each section
I do the same.
Do not do that. You will get the wired glued to the pipe won't be able to replace it or add wire too it.
@@zolowzurkon2533 hmm I have been doing it that way for 40+ years without issues
@@timerickson7056 That is funny 40years? So in 40 years you never decided to use pull string and a vacuum or use CO2? So your telling me 40 years of never learning how to do things you just stayed an amateur?
@@timerickson7056 what I said is 100% fact I will bet you anything you want we can get it notarized what ever you want to do I guarantee you I am right.
Suggestion….when digging a trench like you did, keep the spoils close to the trench edge. Much easier to backfill.
The main thing is that you got it done. You can save that smaller conduit for use elsewhere, where you only need to run a few wires or smaller ones.
We live and learn, don’t be too hard on yourself, it’s done now! ❤️🇬🇧
The used conduit can be used for other projects, so don’t feel to disappointed.
I was going to say the same but decide to look through the comments first. 👍 Ya beat me to it. Lol
Don't be so hard on yourself , that how you learn. "Learn by your mistakes. Y'all are doing great
Fun video! We're excited for you. Great job making that work.
I'm not gonna join the chorus wondering why you didn't feed the wire before you did the joins (wire one section at a time) cause it must be a huge relief to have it done, BUT it might work reusing that small PVC when you hook up the other dome, or if you're gonna wire out to outbuildings. Yay being done!
♥️🌹😂 Jim and Jess are becoming, “The Little House on The Prairie”, you two are so awesome together! What a lovely team!♥️❤️🌹🌹
Jess is so intuitive, and so attractive, I love her creative sensibility, and Jim forever up to mischief while he works and plays! I could watch Jess’s emotional expressions all day, lol, when she smiles it’s like the sun coming out! Hee, hee, Jim always trying to get that Sun to come out!😂
You should add another conduit in the trench even with nothing in it. On account of the fact digging the trench is the most labor
I love your positivity and can-do attitude.
Love how you energetically you get so happy to see the rain. I wanted to ask you about that tree, if I remember correctly it was Grandma or your father Jessica not sure as life goes on…🤷♀️🙏🏻💯🙏🏻💯🇦🇺
Ha ha OlCrew said hey mom did you bring my snacks too!!!! Well on a good note at least you’re not a one hit wonder🤪
A friend of mine gave me this advice many years ago. When running wire, adding a heavy duty "pull string" to the bundle will pay future dividends. With the string, if another wire is needed in the future, you can connect the wire to the string to pull it through. I have extra "pull strings" throughout my house. :)
So proud of you too you keep on rocking a stress is part of life enjoy it overcome it and deal with it you two got this
it would truly only be a mistake if you dint learn any thing . i think you done just fine . we all make mistakes in life its how we come back from them that defines who we are as people . work safe with that electricity buddy .
Ditto the heat. We hit 100 in Atlanta this week. Everything is looking great!!!!
Good job in overcoming the project. There is always easier ways but making things work takes imagination. As long as the job gets done.👍🙂
I used to run underground trunk and feed lines for cable TV in the 80s when my back was young and still under warrantee. We used GALLONS of "yellow snot" wire pulling compound and jet line to pull trunk line and drops. Those were a stone bitch even at 21 years old and invincible! WTG for getting the wire runs done!
I love your happy endings. Save the pipe, it will be handy later.
I've got a lot of fond memories about Menards, built a 5280 squ foot house from them
Another great job, good luck you both. Be safe.
I used to install telephone cables and we would use a fish tape too. We would attach rope to the end and pull it through. Then we would attach our cable to the rope and pull it through. Often we would also pull a string through with the cable in case we had to go back sometime in the future to add another cable or replace the existing one.
We left small nylon rope, tied to the boxes.
Never gave up as a team, Husband and a wife.. extremely rewarding to finish even through all the setbacks.. you did do it.. closer and closer! Keep on keeping on! Been watching for sometime.. 👍🏽👍🏽
I was gutted for you about the conduit and then happy that you both fixed it. I've pulled a lot of cable through conduit and could have offered my humble advice.
I promised the Hughes's over at Anchor Brand Ranch that I would summon the rain for them this year. I hope you don't get flooded out.
Menards is my go to store for material and tools. They are all over the Midwest as you know. They are running the 11% rebate all the time these days. Hard lesson to learn, but glad you got it all pulled and your trench backfilled before the rain! Should be smooth sailing on wiring the dome from here.
Hooray!!!😃. We learn from our mistakes you know that. This wasn't really a mistake tho, just a hiccup and even tho it cost you more money and time, you did learn.😊👍 You ultimately reached your objective and you beat the 🌧👍😃. Enjoy that success and of course all that beautiful RAIN!!💕
Can you use the pipes you took out for other things? A water thingy for the chickens? Window rods.
I’m glad it all worked out for you.
Why are you using the fish wire when you could feed the wires through the pipes when assembling the lines?
The glue could possibly degrade the wires.
When you are checking the conduit fill chart... Make sure you are check the right table for the insulation the wire has
Some insulation is a lot thicker
I really look forward to your videos. You are always up to some crazy unique job. I love the interaction between you and how both of you react to your environment whether it’s dancing in the rain or ‘mulching’ trees with rocks.
Jim it's not a total loss you can cut and reuse 1" conduit some we here else 😁🤞
Oh man but then you felt better after you got it done. You two are awesome!! ❤
Hoi Jess and Jim, Terry Miles...('Keep your Face to the Sunshine ' 'And the shadows will all fall behind you' )i just do Hoi 👍😉🌞🤝😂
We´ve run conduits, you should pass the wire through each part before conecting them together, much easier, shorter laps! We used 25 mm wire for our house, 2" pipe and we passed 2 by 2, that is 2 wires in one pipe, 2 in the other! (here we use 4 ways, 3 110V and one Neutral, the ground comes from nearer our building). Put an opening midway, that is a cement box, where you can push and pull also! In the next dome, pass a pipe beneath the first layer of bags, so you don't have electric coming up on the outside, only on the inside. You may put a second cement box near the entrance to the dome, so you have a much neater environment later. No ugly pipes appearing on the outside. I wish you luck on the building. I like to watch your videos. Learned a lot, and the views around are so different from our place, which is green and lush, with rains whole year round in Southern Brasil.
2 inch pipe would take all four, but not allow pulling any distance. One 3 inch would have worked easier.
Wow Jim, you'll need a new belt soon so you don't trip over that one around your waist. "Good Job Jim" and "Good Job Jess" your new titles, as you earned it. You are troopers. That should be your last name Jim and Jess Trooper. Ha Ha And let there be light, then lots of rain.
Wow a great guy to admit his failures, but an even greater guy to overcome obstacles! So happy for you both.
That Desert Willow is looking great! We sympathize with you on the cost vs effectiveness struggle. In trying to preserve our capital we also have gone cheaper on stuff that has bitten us, mostly equipment. But great job and good on ya' for keeping it real. You will know more than many professionals by the time your're done.
Congratulations on getting that job done!!! Whoot Whoot
Congratulations 🎉👏🎉👏. You learned a lesson, be thankful for it. Each day brings you and Jess accomplishments and it's coming together nicely. You two are doing it all, that's a huge deal. I'm very proud of you both. Great job and great video.
You two seem to make a great team. A creative and a technical. Great job GDP!!!
You cats are doing just fine, a lot of work no matter how yah look at it...I'd advise running the wire first and slip each piece of Condit over the the wire one piece at a time and back build it...glue as you build it out...love
I'm glad you guys solved that problem. You two are wonderful! God bless you both!
To make wire pulling a super easy process wherever you have 90s be sure to have 18 inces of clearance from the face of every junction box and be sure to loop your wire bundle For smooth pulls.
Listen you guys are living and learning everyday. While I cringe a lot of times of how hard you make projects to complete for each of you to do I so admire your tenacity to make it work..... Your journey is now to get your dome livable and move in. It has been an a long long long journey you both deserve to get you house liveable tolerable and safe to live in..... Keep up the good work DTP so much to do especially through sustainable living of your land such as Hydroponics, thermal energy and bio diversity... Love watching your channel take what I say as positive feed back and not to put you both down. Your journey is amazing
Thanks for sharing 👍😀
Very good work 👌 May God continue blessing you..💝💝💝💝🐮💝💝
If your fit is tight. I would fish all my wires through one 8' section at a time, leaving all the joints disconnected. Then pull the 2 to 3" gaps together and glue the joints after all the cables are ran. Honestly, I do this even when they are not tight. Makes the job way easier.
Fish tape is great and rigid and reliable, and yet my father taught us girls at a young age on one of his jobs ( being an architect contractor ) where you use a string and a shop vac to suck the guide string through to feed your wires…future food for thought…
That's how I do it. I'd also go with a size or two bigger on the pipe... Just makes the whole job so much easier.
it was savage amusement, but still the weather was nice.......well done