wires inside of poles?

[walldoggie]

I was wondering if there was a problem with running the wires inside of the poles. I have tried to read everypost on lights but after you get done reading 42 pages on lighthing a portable your behind gets soar i guess i was just wondering what others have done to keep the wire from kinking up inside there poles on the retractable flip overs? I read the thing about useing telephone cord is that my only option or has something new come along. If so anybody live near white bear lake and want to let me take a peak at yours?

[nytelyter]

nothing wrong with it but it will wear out as paul waldowski has found out. i have used extension cord on one of mine. its a bit heavier. but as you will eventually see in the next hso release portable fishhouse mod. paul is currently useing cords from cell phone chargers. the coiled ones for the car. you can usually find therm in the big stores. he has had good results useing them. clips off the ends and tapes securely to the outside of the poles. hope this helps. ... paul

[Paul Waldowski]

nytelyter is corect.

I have spent a ton of time modifying portables, lighting systems, auger racks, etc...and field testing them. If you run your wires through the poles eventually you will end up grounding them out. It doesn't matter what you use. the only variable is how many times you set up your house.

[Gus]

My buddy and I used telephone cord for wires on the inside of the poles for his Voyager. We used the coiled cord so it could extend and coil back when extending the poles. With the insulation of the coiled cord, plus the insulation on the actual wire I'm not to worried about it wearing out. Not to say it won't happen but I'm really not worried about it. We put grommets on the small exit holes we drilled and also used zip ties around the cord to prevent it from accidentally slipping back inside the pole. So far it has worked great. The lights we made we used telephone cord ends on them and also used tele cord wall plates on a battery box we built. It's all plug and play now. Works pretty slick. We are using LED lights so the current draw is next to nothing. If using regular light bulbs I might check the current capacity of the telephone cord. I remember we calculated it all out and found we had plenty of headroom for our LED lights but I don't remember any of the numbers now.

Good luck.

[walldoggie]

I also was wondering if anybody has tried to put there wires inside the metal mesh that they use around hoses sometimes?. I dont know what its called but have seen it at fleet farm it shiny and helps the wires from getting chafed and knicked.

[Sandmannd]

Gus, do you have any pictures of that setup? Sounds very interesting.

[ice_it_06]

Wrap the wire in electrical tape, or simply feed some plastic electrical conduit in the poles with the wire enclosed.

[Gus]

Sandmannd,

I'll see if I can get some pictures. We might have some from last year otherwise we will have to wait till the house comes out of storage and the boat goes in.