Pull Cable Through Conduit

Feed the end of the wire or cable through the loop you made in the pull wire.

Pull cable through conduit.

Pull the rod back through the conduit bringing along the wires. If there is already another wire or cable inside the conduit then it is often simpler to disconnect it and use it as the pull string. Method 3 pull the pull wire through the conduit. Also note that nm cable is not rated for outdoor or wet applications.

Step 6 pull the wire through the conduit. Pull wire through wall conduit. Secure the end with tape as you did with the pull wire. From the beginning of the wall conduit pull the fish tape slowly and carefully pull the cable until it reach to the wall opening.

It is never permissible to run nm cable outdoors or in. Make a loop in the feed cable the same size as the one in the pull wire. Also cable is difficult to pull through conduit due to the cable s size and the sheathing so running cable in conduit typically is limited to very short runs that do not require standard wire pulling techniques. This method works best for shorter pieces of conduit.

From a attic a basement or a crawl space an electrical tape is used to fix one end of the cable on a hook on a fish belt. Wire pulling compound also called cable lube or lubricant is designed to make it easier to pull electrical wires and cables through conduit runs. Fishing weight step 1 tie a thin heavy fishing weight onto the end of the wires with string or fishing line. Connect the new wires plus two wires.

Allow the fishing weight to have a 2 to 3 inch lead in front of the wires. It comes in a few different forms and reduces the coefficient of friction between wires and conduits to help minimize damage to the wire insulation or cable jackets and make pulling smoother safer and faster. The first extra wire is to replace the wire being used as a pull string and the second is to be left in the conduit as a pull string for possible later use. The easiest way to pull the cable is to use an electrical or mechanical pulling tool to assist the pull into the conduit.