Best way to pull wire

stryped · 2009-11-17T14:54:59+00:00

I am trying to figure out the best way and best direction to pull 3 #3 wires and a # 6 wire from a run from my house to a 100 amp sub panelin a detached garage. It will be 2 inch PVC conduit. The run willstart in my attached garage where the main panel is located. It willgo inside that wall up about 10 feet into an attic space above mygarage. It will run about 20 feet across the attic and then go outsideinto an LB fitting. It will go down to the ground on the outside ofthe attached garage for about 15 feet into a sweeping 90 then astraight run of 50 or so feet to my detached garage. The total run isabout 110 feet. I will be mostly working by myself maybe the wifecould help.Anyway, is it best to start in the attic, run the wire down into themain panel then out through the outside wall. Will it be a pain tounravel this wire in the small attic?Or would it be best to start at the detached garage, run it throughthe long straight run, then up the attached garage wall into the atticect.I will have LB=92s above the main panel, Outside the top of the garage,and inside the detached garage just below the sub panel.Any advice is appreciated! I have a small tractor if that helps but Iam hoping I can do this by hand.

Nov 17, 2009 21 Replies

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Karl Townsend 16 years ago

You won't need a compressor. The first time I seen this was for my 500' run to the well. The shop vac pulled it so fast I burnt my fingers on the string coming off the spool.

Karl

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jk 16 years ago

How are you going to get it into the attic?

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