Fishing Speaker Wire Through Exterior Walls

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Fishing speaker wire through exterior walls.

Always turn off the breakers in your electrical box before you begin to reduce the chance of an electrical shock should you accidently cut or drill into existing wiring. If you need to fish a larger cable or bundle or if your buddy is going to feed the cable to you from above or below thread a pull cord through the bull nose. Fish the cable. While running it through a basement drill two holes on the wall ceiling and drill two other holes on the mounting plate for running the wire through the wall and connecting to the speaker.

Make sure you use ul rated in wall wiring that meets local building and fire codes including cm cmr or cmp for computer networking and cl2 or cl3 for speakers. Run electrical cable through walls and across ceilings without tearing them apart. Be gentle as you fish the cable through the hole since it is important not to tear the sheathing on the. From the attic or basement pull steadily on the fish tape while a helper feeds the cable into the wall opening.

The problem is that one wall is an exterior wall that contains fire blocks and insulation. Feed cables through the holes. What i want to do is fish the wires down from the speaker location inside the wall to underneath the crawlspace and back up to where my receiver is located. If you must fish wires through exterior walls the best tip is to avoid spinning the flex bit until you make solid contact with the wood you plan to drill through.

Before you begin make sure you have the necessary permits to install new branch circuitry and. Select proper wire or cable. Use a fish tape or a fish stick a rigid pole for pulling wires when you need to pass them through the wall plates to the floor above or below the one on which you re working. It may take some finessing as the tip of the fish tape blade passes through the drilled hole in the wall plate.

5 attach the wiring in the 3 by 5 inch hole to the end of the fish tape. Now install the wire in the channel and put. Keep the fish tape against the inner edge of the drywall and out of the insulation as you feed it toward the upper hole. While running it through the baseboard first pry off the board then find the studs and make a wire channel.

If you drill too early you ll end up creating a large insulation cotton candy cone which will make retrieving your bit difficult if not impossible. Support cables at 4 1 2 inch intervals with appropriate staples or clamps. Fishing wires through a wall can be tedious but in most cases you only need a couple of basic tools. I m trying to wire and mount my two rear speakers.

Be sure to leave enough slack on both ends to make connections. Learn how with this video.