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Pro tip: My old way of pulling wire through long conduit runs was killing my back
For years I'd just muscle it through with fish tape, especially on those 100+ foot underground pulls. Last month on a job in Tacoma, an old-timer showed me how to use a shop vac with a plastic bag trick on the other end to suck a pull string through first. It took maybe 5 minutes instead of 30 and saved so much effort. Anyone have other low-effort tricks for long conduit runs?
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park.abby4d ago
Come on, that plastic bag trick is a total gamble. Half the time it gets stuck on a coupling or some debris in the pipe. I've wasted more time fishing out a stuck bag than just pushing a steel tape through. For a straight run maybe, but on any real job with bends, muscle and a good fish tape is still the only sure way.
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