{"id":358,"date":"2010-01-28T17:05:02","date_gmt":"2010-01-29T01:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dcddesign.com\/blog\/?p=358"},"modified":"2010-01-28T17:05:02","modified_gmt":"2010-01-29T01:05:02","slug":"more-miles-to-the-gallon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dcddesign.com\/blog\/more-miles-to-the-gallon\/","title":{"rendered":""More Miles to the Gallon!""},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week’s presentation of Tube-Lube 326 to the attendants of the Western Underground Committee’s January meeting went really well, with the support of the WUC Executive, San Diego Gas & Electric, and Pacific Utilities. A thirty minute PowerPoint presentation was followed up with a walk outside to have a look at SDG&E’s cable pulling trailer.
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\n Two main points emerged from conversations through the afternoon and into the evening’s “Table Talk” session:
\n1) An environmentally responsible lubricant option generates a lot of interest! A cable pulling lubricant that’s water-based and chemically inert protects your workers on the site, the natural environment surrounding the site, and the installed cable throughout its lifespan.
\n2) A water-based lubricant doesn’t require a thick surface coating on the cable to do its job. Less thickness per square inch means you’re using less, and a 5-gallon bucket can go two to three times as far as a thicker lubricant. You save money by getting more miles per gallon.
\n Tube-Lube can also be applied with built-in nozzle sprayers, so the installation crew is doubly protected: besides a nearly blank MSDS sheet, the crew can stand back from the cable under tension and adjust the application from the other end of a twenty-foot hose extension – outside the vault entirely!
\n Fortunately the weather in Tucson cooperated – we were between the weather systems that deluged on the Southwest through last week. And I took the scenic route down the Pinal Parkway, and one detour up Redington Road into the Santa Catalina range. Saguaro, tumbleweeds, and dust storms!
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