Feed Electrical Cable Through Conduit

Because nm cable takes up more space than individual wires it s easier to exceed the fill limit with cable.

Feed electrical cable through conduit.

Place your wire box so that it is free to leave the box and freely enter the conduit. Push a length of uf underground feed electrical cable into the conduit then feed the end of the cable through the hole in the house wall. You ll need two wires one white and one black for one circuit or more if you intend to wire a three way switch from the house or add more than one circuit. A ring of the same size as a drawing wire is made in the feed cable.

Also cable is difficult to pull through conduit due to. Use tape to fix the end like you pull wire. Secure the cable to the overhead joists with cable staples. Step 3 pull the wire through the conduit.

Using electrical conduit is the required method of protecting electrical wires in exposed situations where nm cable cannot be used. Slip any additional wire s several inches into the loop fold over and wrap around the first wire. This is a two person job you need a helper at the other end to feed the wires into the conduit. Repeat this as often as required and wrap electrical tape around the string rope just above the connection point all the way down just beyond the last wrap of the last wire hooked through the loops.

Part 1 480 foot underground pull with one 90 and 3 45 s under slab. Pour in several cups of blue goo lube as the wire reels feed into the conduit and the. Pull the wires through the conduit. A fish tape is a thin sturdy wire inside of a plastic housing and acts like a snake to move through conduit.

Attach a plastic conduit outlet body to the end of the conduit. To start feed fish tape through the flexible conduit until it comes through the opposite end. Pass the end of the wire or cable through the ring that you make in the wire. From inside the basement pull the cable all the way to the main electrical panel.

The result should look like the end of a.