{"id":22,"date":"2013-07-19T11:36:24","date_gmt":"2013-07-19T16:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimandnoreen.com\/?p=22"},"modified":"2013-08-08T09:08:02","modified_gmt":"2013-08-08T14:08:02","slug":"blowing-a-pull-string-through-conduit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimandnoreen.com\/?p=22","title":{"rendered":"Blowing a pull string through conduit"},"content":{"rendered":"

I learned a nifty trick the other day.\u00a0 If you need to run a pull string through a length of electrical conduit, there’s a faster, easier way than pushing the string through with a fish tape (the way I’d been doing it for a very long time).\u00a0 Use a shop vac to blow<\/em> the string through.\u00a0 One advantage of this technique is that you can quickly get the string through very long sections of conduit.<\/p>\n

You’ll need duct tape, a couple of baggies and some pull string (you can get the fancy pull string<\/a>\u00a0if you like but any lightweight poly cord also works fine).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cut a hole in big enough for the shop vac hose in the closed end of the baggie and tape it around the hose.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cut another hole just slightly larger than your pull string and insert one end of the string in the baggie and pull it out the open end.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Now make a “kite” to help the air carry the pull string though and attach it to the string.\u00a0 For small diamater conduit those disposable foam air plugs work great.\u00a0 For larger conduit, you can use a pingpong ball if you have one handy or a little parachute made from another baggie.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Insert\u00a0your “kite” into the\u00a0conduit\u00a0and tape the\u00a0end of the baggie around it.\u00a0 Insert the shop vac hose into the blower<\/strong> fitting and turn the vac on.\u00a0 The baggie should form a relatively airtight seal around the conduit and the string will carry through the conduit as you feed it into the baggie.\u00a0 If the string doesn’t travel all the way through the conduit, pull it out and adjust the size\/material of your kite.<\/p>\n

When you’re ready to pull cable through the conduit, don’t forget to pull another length of pull string at the same time so you’re ready for future pulls!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I learned a nifty trick the other day.\u00a0 If you need to run a pull string through a length of electrical conduit, there’s a faster, easier way than pushing the string through with a fish tape (the way I’d been doing it for a very long time).\u00a0 Use a shop vac to blow the string […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,10,11],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8sNNV-m","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":356,"url":"https:\/\/jimandnoreen.com\/?p=356","url_meta":{"origin":22,"position":0},"title":"Long Distance Mailbox Alert using LoRa","date":"October 28, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"You've got mail! 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