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"FDR" wrote:

I then had the electrician drop conduit from the box down
into the basement. That allowed me to be fully finished
for closing, and allowed me to easily pull the cable later
on. I later found a 3rd benefit in that I changed cable
from cat 3 to cat 5, and having the conduit made it easy
to refish. Had the cable been stapled down near the box,
I would have been screwed. Finally, you will want as big
of conduit as you can. 1/2 is too small. 3/4 is tight for
a good coax and 2 cat 5. Another finally, have the installer
minimize the number of bends in the conduit, and make
sure the bends are gradual. You don't want any challenging
fishes if you can avoid it.

Did you put a pull string in them during construction or just use fish tape
later?

Neither. Most of the drops were straight down from the main
level to the basement, so the conduit was maybe two to three
feet long. Even the few drops from the 2nd level to the
basement were easy to fish...just tie the wires together and
push them into the conduit. If you get a drop with corners,
you might have to use a fish line. A chunk of coax or 12
gauge electrical wire works great as a fish.

-john-

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