monitormix

Nice pipe work. Our POCO would NEVER allow anything that large on single phase.

captkirk

OH yea I remember that Pic........that was ludacris..Does someone have that picture...?

running dummy

We fish flex(FMC) into the walls. really not that hard, a couple of tricks go a long way with fishing flex though

nolabama

other than making sure its going in the correct direction what would some of those other tricks be

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RMatthis

Romex is NOT allowed in most of the Chicago suburbs. Most of them have amended the NEC with the more strict Chicago Electrical Code.

sparks134

Hell No, Romex won't go!!!

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running dummy

Only a couple small ones I can think of that would be of any help:

- The obvious ones of having the connectors on both sides of the whip and the lock nuts off (DUH)

- Then I fish the wall through the open KO of the box down to the opening in the drywall and tape the end to the wires coming out of the whip. I wrap wires around the other end of the whip so I can pull up through the box and be able to get the connector in without pulling the wires out. (Pretty simple stuff)

- Another one is on long runs where you are fishing multiple areas (I.e. basements ceilings, soffits, etc.) wrapping the hole shabang in duct tape lets it slide past difficult corners and crap.

- Having the wire in the whip before you fish the flex into the wall (some people might not know that it is hard to pull wire through that ****)

- if you can't hit a KO on top of a box, you can go into the side. Just make the whip longer and the connector will end up grabbing the box and fall right.

-Once you get the wire through the hole you cut for your box leave the whip in the wall until you get your box set. It wont go in with the connector on

For most these things are very easy and very simple... but you asked

RMatthis

Fishing is easy...

I am one of the rare electricians that enjoys it, but that's because I mastered it!

I always carry (2) 25' Greenlee flat steel fish tapes, (2) 50' steel fish tapes, a sparks fish tape, a set of fiberglass rods, a magnet (the magnet is good for finding buried boxes too) and a 1/8" feeler bit.

Give me a roll of flex and I'm ready to go

zen

we dont do a lot of pipe work so i would like to say nice work. how can someone even begin to bid that kind of pipe work...whatever the price,,,it looks to be worth it..

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Power Tech

It's a mall.

Power Tech

You forgot the string, I like the cheap pull string. Fold in half, tie some knots, fray it up, good for snagging.

Power Tech

Pipe work looks great.

I was once forced to run 1" EMT home runs for each alarm IR.

Talk about a waist.

Looked great before the T-bar went in.