Pulling Smurf

The wire then got stuck in the smurf tube just as it was entering the basement. Like the stuck and won't move another inch stuck. I thought, no biggie, I'll just pull the smurf tube and thread the wire down without a smurf tube. Apparently this was a big mistake as the wire now has the jacket torn in a couple places. I pretty much gave up after

Run your cable from camera location to conduit and add the extra length for conduit run, label each cable in 3 locations 30cm apart!. Now pull the 6 remaining cables down. 2 man job - 1 feeding amp 1 pulling. After you should have 7 cables and a string. Test for breaks. If all is good pull string back onto reel from attic.

Smurf tube wire pulling. Thread starter arnettda Start date Mar 3, 2013 Status Not open for further replies. A. arnettda Senior Member. Mar 3, 2013 1 Is smurf tube any harder to pull wire through than Emt? Installing data jacks in a large residence and they want them piped back to the IT room. Was thinking of using smurf tube.

Run a fish tape and pull line through your conduittubing especially if smurf tube, then pull your bundle of wire through, making sure you wrap the head well with electrician tape so no bare wire sharp edges dig into your pipe. You shouldn't need lube if your conduit is straight. If you have more than 360 degrees of bends total, by code, you

Generally you want to limit the fill to thirty percent or less to prevent jams when pulling cable. Use one of the conduit fill calculators below Calculator 1. Calculator 2. Calculator 3. When pulling cables through conduit, remember to pull some extra pull stringsropes for future expansion or repair work.

Once fully covered, you can use any of the above methods of pulling. Wrapping Things Up. Smurf tubes are an easy and efficient way to organize your cables for in-wall installations, be it in your home or office. For HDMI cables, -inch smurf tubes are the perfect diameter to accommodate the cord's width without being unnecessarily clunky.

WHAT I THINK I SHOULD DO just cutting the Smurf tube after the vertical drop, manually pull all cables through attic to basement, ceiling is open, then manually feed it to the horizontal run to the network room. So basically breaking the Smurf tube into 2 sections, 1 vertical, 1 horizontal, each run being only 30 ft and only 1x 90 degree bend.

Pulling wires through? We use a ton of exposed PVCcarflex on our jobs, and carflex is a pain in the butt to pull through. Anything longer than a whip is a bear to get cables through. I've not pulled enough wires or cables through smurf pipe to know if it's any better, but I have a hard time believing it could be any worse than carflex.

the only thing I see missing from giomania's smurf tubes is a pull string in each. That should be installed with the tubes. Ideally the tubes are empty when the house is constructed. It's always much easier to pull a new wire if the tube is empty. Not seeing the purpose of pulling a run wire out after the fact.

ALYWAYS pull a new pull string along with the new cable. If you have trouble getting something through the smurf tube, take a lightweight nylon string and tie a small wad of paper towels to one end, then insert into the smurf tube. Attach a shop vac to the far side with duct tape. This works best without tight corners.