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Got tired of dealing with conduit bends in tight corners. Found a simple trick.
I was in a tight attic running cable through old conduit. The bends were so sharp that the cable kept getting stuck. I tied a bolt to some string and dropped it through first. Then I attached the cable and pulled it back smooth.
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ivan3926mo ago
Clever workaround for those tight spots. What kind of string did you use, and did it ever break under tension? In my experience, paracord holds up better than regular twine for pulls like that. Your mileage may vary depending on the conduit age and debris inside. Have you had to clean out the conduit first, or did the bolt method clear a path as it went?
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felix3855mo ago
My old boss used to say a clean pull is a happy pull, ivan392.
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stone.thomas6mo ago
The thing nobody talks about is how those sharp bends grind away at the conduit liner over time. You're basically sanding the inside wall every time a cable snags, which just makes future pulls worse (and creates metal dust). I see similar wear patterns on old equipment from vibration.
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