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hugo7
Bright ideas and simple solutions wanted.

tl;dr is there an easy way to drill a 90cm tunnel under paving
- I want to be able to keep my motorbike battery tender plugged into my bike while maintaining a clean footpath and no trip hazards, and not worrying about my charger getting nicked.
- Finance will not approve an external socket.
- we have a spare socket (that I currently use) in an outhouse down the alley.
- I have spare connectors to make my own super long extension cable.
- All paving is recent with a cemented in boarder and some pavers set and others cemented - I cannot remember which, but feel the footpath may all be cemented as a high traffic area.
I can work out how to run the cable neatly around the outside. The problem is how to get a cable across the footpath? I'm wondering if there is some sort of extra long sds drill bit I could rent/buy to span the 90cm path, then dig a hole in the bed either side and drill underneath, possibly running a bit of metal or plastic conduit to maintain the structure of the hole.

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si_mon628 in reply to @hugo7
Perhaps a stupid question, but the could the bike not just be parked in the bottom right corner of the picture, thus keeping footpaths etc. clear, and allowing a cable to be tucked in to the edge of the flowerbed and pop out exactly where it's needed?

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hugo7 in reply to @si_mon628

Good idea, but unfortunately what you can't see from the pic is how steep it is, which means it would have to live on its side stand.

I may still test it out tho...

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