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You also get a bullet tip for pushing through and a J-hook for grabbing and pulling wire back. The rods have a 41⁄4-inch bend radius, which makes them flexible enough to navigate around corners ...
It’s a matter of journeyman’s choice. Wire pulling should be considered. Q. I have trouble making saddles without dog-legs. How do I prevent this? A. Before you make bends “B” and “C” (Fig. 1 on page ...
Pulling wire through conduit gets harder with every bend, so the NEC limits the number of bends to 360 degrees before you have to put it in a junction box. This goes for all conduit runs, not just ...
You never know until you ask. I remember the first I saw my mentor suck a plastic bag with pull string tied to it through 200' of conduit with a Shopvac in about 20 seconds and thinking to myself ...
To determine how the conductors will sit in the conduit, refer to Table 4 for the inside diameter (D) of the 5-in. GRS conduit, which is 5.07 in. Use the ratio of the conduit's inside diameter (D) to ...
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Fishing Electrical Wire Through Walls
You don't want to find out the hard way that you should have fished your wire one stud cavity to the left or right. If you don’t have a stud finder, here’s how to find a stud without a stud finder.
Trying to pull too much cable through a full conduit has a good risk of moving the existing cable and stressing it or making it rub against the conduit, ...
Pulling wires and cables through boats in order to install marine electronics can be a pain. Especially if the rigging tube through which the cable has to go is more crowded than a commuter rail car ...