ScrapMetal Wrote:You may also note that there is a stranded nylon line being pulled in to the conduit with the #3 wire. I will be using that tomorrow to pull through another #6 wire which is where my "added costs" came from. The old wire's case was just too beat up to use again so I picked up some new wire on my way home for tomorrow's "pull". It should go much faster as I left the broom in place.
Something I've always done is pull more string/rope/whatever through with the new cable, that way you can always pull the cable back and have the string/? there to pull more through - I leave it in place too, however long it waits, it's a lot cheaper than hefty copper cable!
If you get really stuck, you can attach a piece of fine cord to a bundle of wool (like the pom-pom on a kid's bonnet) and suck it through the conduit with a vacuum cleaner...
Dave H. (the other one)
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