Feeding Cable Through Conduit

While using a wire fill table for electrical conduit it is best to size the conduit up to the next incremental size to be sure the conduit is not overfilled and it will make pulling in.

Feeding cable through conduit.

To start feed fish tape through the flexible conduit until it comes through the opposite end. Slip any additional wire s several inches into the loop fold over and wrap around the first wire. The housing can usually be cranked to feed or reel in the tape. Use tape to fix the end like you pull wire.

This will make for a difficult pull through the conduit. Position your box of wire so that it will freely leave the box and will enter freely into the conduit. Step 3 pull the wire through the conduit. Pass the end of the wire or cable through the ring that you make in the wire.

A ring of the same size as a drawing wire is made in the feed cable. Electrical employees run or pull wire throughout a worksite. Lubricating the wires. Wire is pulled through chases conduit or knockouts to get from the electrical supply to the final destination.

A fish tape is a thin sturdy wire inside of a plastic housing and acts like a snake to move through conduit. Pulling wires can be difficult enough through straight runs of conduit but throwing a few bends and turns in the run increases friction making pulling much more difficult that s when you use a lubricant. Instead connect only one wire directly to the string create one or more loops in this wire 6 8 or more inches down the wire from the connection point. Go to the other end of the conduit.

This involves pulling at one end of the run and feeding at the other. Secure the end with tape as you did with the pull wire. This path is usually under the floor or in the ceiling. Make a loop in the feed cable the same size as the one in the pull wire.

The amount of wire fill inside a conduit must be configured properly to prevent overheating of the wire which is why conduit fill tables are very important.