Tekkie® wrote:
Eigenvector wrote:


"Pete C." wrote in message
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Eigenvector wrote:


I'm in the process of pulling new phone cable for my house and tied
the old
cable to the new cable with electrical tape. Unfortunately the two
became
separated and now I need to push the new cable through the 1/4" or
so hole
in the wall and out the house. I know the holes aren't aligned, so I'm
hoping there is an easier way to do this that doesn't involve "cut the
drywall" The jack that it came from was a surface mount jack, so
there is
no box in the wall, just a hole in the drywall.

I know that there is fishtape, but for some reason I thought the
head on
fishtape was larger than the diameter of phone cable. The holes are
almost
exactly the diameter of the phone cable, if not smaller, whoever did
the
fishing of the wires did a really good job. The hole is small
enough so
that looking through it is hopeless - no eyeballing this job.


Make your life easy, go buy a low voltage type remodel "box" (low
voltage ones are open back), cut the appropriate sized opening in the
wall for the "box" and then just reach into the wall cavity to find your
wire. A regular wall plate type jack looks better than surface mount
anyway. Should cost you all of $5 and make life a lot easier.


Well I appreciate both answers, yours and Nate's. Question 2, at some
point I have to push it through into the crawlspace, I'm presuming it
will break again, so my question is how can I connect the two cables
securely yet not add to their diameter?


You are STILL a putz eigenlostmyvector

I'm afraid I have to agree with that sentiment. He's "gilding a turd"
with his attempts to solve a simple problem and keeps asking questions
which make him sound like he shouldn't be allowed out of his crib
unattended.

The part about not owning any wire coat hangers and sounding like he
hasn't got a clue how to get one from a someone else is a good tip off.

Jeff

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