Why did you not say you had conduit.
Make a small plug like a Ping Pong ball, tie a fishing line to it, and 120
pounds of air pressure and it should shoot through most conduit unless it has
to many L in it.
Frank
On Friday 16 July 2004 13:43, Doug Koobs wrote:
> I still wonder how, in the general case, to get cord
>
> > through the conduit initially, but since that's not relevant here, it's
> > not too important.
>
> In my electrician days, I usually used two methods, depending on the
> situation. You can use a ShopVac on one end, and a plastic baggie (called
> a "mouse") tied to a pull string on the other end. Then just suck the
> mouse and pull string through. This works best with PVC conduit, since it
> is generally more airtight than the metal varieties.
>
> You can also use a fish tape, like ths:
> http://www.divineimages.com/prod/it32/303/100/FISH/TAPE/ELECTRICIAN/PULL/WI
>RES.htm
>
> Just push the fish tape in one end till it pops out the other end. Not
> near as fun as the ShopVac and mouse :)
>
> Of course, you can always put a pull string in the conduit as you are
> initially installing...
>
> Doug
>
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