My New House & Workshop

[Jim Oaks]

Well who would want to do it for free?

When I worked at a hardware store we had a counter thing you pulled wire/rope thru that measured the length automatically.

 

[Jim Oaks]

While you are having fun digging, put yourself a decorative post out there and install a motion light on it so it lights up when you pull up at night. You can feed it right out of the box with 3/4 conduit. Or use that flex that you are planning to take down and use it to feed the new pole light/protector.

I have a ring security light / camera by my back door that comes on when it detects motion and a solar one on the side of the shop. I plan on adding a light to the side of the shop to replace the solar one.

That flexible conduit has a junction box along its path and there's nothing behind it. I thought maybe something came out the back and into the house, but no.

There's no knockouts on the top probably because it's an outdoor breaker panel. All the knockouts are on the bottom. Cleaning this scrappy install will be a later project.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Cleaning this scrappy install will be a later project.

Famous last words...

 

[Snoranger]

I have a ring security light / camera by my back door that comes on when it detects Eric and a solar one on the side of the shop.

FIFY

 

[franklin2]

Sometime down the road when you want to feed out of the top of the panel, you can buy one of these. You can see that bump in the top middle of the panel now. You unscrew that and screw this piece on(hub). You just have to specify what size thread you want. You can probably easily find 3/4 threads, and use a short piece of 3/4 conduit. You need to figure out what brand panel you have also. Some of the hubs have 4 bolts, some 2 bolts. The below is a 2 bolt square D.

 

[Jim Oaks]

I used some electric tape and taped the wires together about every 14-16 inches (roughly) so I had a long tight harness.

I used the shop vac, plastic bag and string trick but actually never used the string. I was able to stand up on the ladder and shove the wire down through the conduit all the way to the pull box.

I used some Klein Tools Foam Wire Pulling Lubricant which I think helped a lot.

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Once the cable got to the pull box I pulled it by hand. I just kept looping the other end up so it was pulling straight down and not of the edge of the LB.

I put yellow tape on the wire so I knew where to stop to leave enough room to go from the LB to the subpanel.

Now I have to go pull the wire from the pull box to the main.

 

[Rick W]

I used some electric tape and taped the wires together about every 14-16 inches (roughly) so I had a long tight harness.

I used the shop vac, plastic bag and string trick but actually never used the string. I was able to stand up on the ladder and shove the wire down through the conduit all the way to the pull box.

I used some Klein Tools Foam Wire Pulling Lubricant which I think helped a lot.

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Once the cable got to the pull box I pulled it by hand. I just kept looping the other end up so it was pulling straight down and not of the edge of the LB.

I put yellow tape on the wire so I knew where to stop to leave enough room to go from the LB to the subpanel.

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Now I have to go pull the wire from the pull box to the main.

Uh oh. That was directional wire, and you pulled it from the wrong end I think.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Uh oh. That was directional wire, and you pulled it from the wrong end I think.

Yup

Pull it on thru and then go back the other way with it or your lights will only put out darkness.