How To Fish Electrical Wires. "SECRET OF THE PROS!" Tricks that Make Wire Fishing Easy! 

What a lifesaver! Used this technique today to fish 2 14/2s around a corner … had to fiddle a bit but finally got them thru … thanks a million!

Thank you sir! I just added something to my bag of tricks, I have ran wires to the attic/ basement and then back up/down to get around some corners where the studs are stacked. So simple.

Thank you for explaining so meticulously to us laypeople! As someone with limited knowledge in this area, I found your video incredibly informative and easy to follow. Your enthusiasm for the subject is contagious, and it's evident that you have a deep understanding of the topic. Keep up the fantastic work!

One way also especially if you are fishing through many conduits and you have quite a ways to go. Take a piece of heavy string, tie or tape on wad of Kleenex, but not too big it will jam up in the conduits. Start it into the conduits on the end you want to come out at. Take your vacuum cleaner nosal and place it up to your conduit. The vacuum suction will bring your string right out to you and you can attach your fish line to that and pull it through.

Simplistic but effective. Cool tips

I am using this technique to install a wired ringnpro 2 ring bell device on the door frame and I have not found a video to address this except for this detailed video. Thank you this is very helpful.

It is amazing how people find away to accomplish a job once they have tried everything else. You have solved a problem that more than a few people have had pulling wire. Good video!

Simple, easy, effective 👍🏽 Thanks from the UK.

Wow. Thanks for showing this. Your folding ruler! When I was a kid, anyone who really knew what they were doing used that ruler. Have not seen one in 50 years. Maybe because nobody knows what they are doing any more?😊

WTF!?!? RU-vid jail? smfh....thanks for coming back and teaching us more electrical lessons!

I started using the dewalt right angle adapter with hex shank bits. I can breeze through corners and studs especially if tightly spaced. In this case it will let you get farther back and drill angled toward you making the turn easier. Hope that helps someone.

Wish I had learned the 2nd technique decades ago. Would have save much time and frustration. Thanks for sharing. Just found your channel. You’re a great teacher.

I just subscribed after having seen you fish wires around corners and through studs. In the past, I would cut strips out of the sheetrock. Could be the length of the room! You just saved me hours of work.

That works great. i wanna see how you do a finished wall corner!

Thanks. I might fish around electric power lines soon. Thanks for being on my homepage.

Very clear demonstration. Thanks!

Thanks for the tips. Much appreciated.

Great video, about to try these methods on my house. Thanks so much

Pretty slick! Nothing beats experience. Thanks.

Hey jeffe,, after many try’s of power electrical problems at home and many guesses of low voltage on some areas of home and testing,lol -- I finely figured it out what it was. 70amp breaker cut off outside panel was bad $86 part fixed the problem.

I don’t need this information but I like your personality. I’m a sub now. You’re like the Uncle Tony of electrical workers

Ya ya ya. The man does it for a living. !

Awesome video. I’m gonna keep that in mind. Thank you sir.

Beautiful video sir. Thank you so much for the tips!

Good tip, happens all the time...what I use is a 1 inch paddle bit, makes fishing wires much easier. Wood grabs Romex quickly and firmly...then go back with a box of nail plates.

magic...like the copperfield of electricians....thanks..!~

Very talented.

Excellent explanation!! Thanks

WELL DONE THANK U.

I have no idea why I watched this video but enjoyed every bit of it.

Great teaching, thanks so much!

Nice so simple when you know , thanks

Good stuff mate and I would probably use an old wire coat hanger to do the pulling with to save a bit more cable.

Neat tips. Thanks for the time and effort to make and post this.

I enjoy you videos! Grew up in Los Angles myself.. and I love tacos and beer! thanks!

Brilliant. Thanks!

basic to advance, respect, thank you

Great video. Thanks!

Great tips! Thank you for the information........grin

Sweet examples,Thanks !

Great tip,definitely worth watching

Thanks man just might use this weekend 😊

OUTSTANDING!!

Love your presence and presentation style!

That was just 'BRILLIANT' damn I always dreaded doing those corners your trick made it less of a pain! Thank you for the how to video you are great on camera bet you are great working with kids too!

Strange. I had to do this the other day and this is how I naturally did it because it is common sense. Funny that someone made a video about it.

Excellent, well done.

Hello, Glad I found your site helped me alot. Thanks Friend

Good video…….a few more pointers and expanded explanation will help the young ones. In my almost 30 yrs of wiring and fishing through walls speed but more importantly reduced frustration is the goal! Fishing through solid corners is much easier than through a corner with that hollow space behind and when you have no vision to see where your wire is going. So when doing the solid corner like this young man the way i explain it is that wire is kind of acting like a spring, as you apply pushing pressure and the wire stops release pressure and pull back just slightly and then push again and repeat…….the wire will “inch worm” (as we called it) through the hole like its motorized……lol its actually really fun, i use to love when co workers struggled……you know its a challenge! as speed is the name of the game (at least where i worked) when fishing hollow or very deep corners we would at about 10 inches down on your wire just cut through two of the strands with the sheathing still on and then pull the end, it will all come of at once. Now dont make an eyelet or use tape just make a tight hook like you would if you had to put it on terminal screws, do the same for your other fishing strand. Now that sheathing will stretch A LOT so use that to your advantage and pull and stretch that sheathing so it covers over the strands you cut, no need for tape. Then fish as the young man did but face the open side of the hook away from you and insert it in the hole until you are at least past the depth of your second hole (if possible)……..now when using your other fishing hook all you have to do is hook that strand not an eyelet, once hooked slowly pull back on your sheathed wire until the hooks meet up and while keeping pressure on both pull wire through the hole. That young man is right, all that should take less than 30 seconds……..with a little practice much less!

Just an ordinary guy with an extra-ordinary technique.

Great tip, thank a lot!!!

Nice hack, thanks!

In my area you HAVE TO use EMT or AC/MC/BX indoors so it's a little more tricky but basically the same principle. It's kind of a pain never getting to use Romex but I never/seldom have to worry about a nail or screw going into my wires.

Fishing and hooking are two techniques that complement each other naturally...

Love this video! 👍

Thanks!

Good trick, thanks for sharing.

Pretty darn clever

I like old school tips .now how about the California three way???

Dayum. Subscribed!

glad your back 👍🏾

Good tips. What do you think about just taking the wire up into the attic/crawl space through the top plate, and then just dropping it down through the top plate on the 90 degree bend in the wall. Then you don't have to drill any funky holes?

Nice work

Nice job

well done

Good job....

wow! nice thinking

Good stuff!

thank you!

do what's done with a brace & bit. Put a washer on the shank of your bit. If it stays still on the shank then you know you're level.

Question re: a12/2 wire which got twisted and bunched up within its cable sheath as I pulled it thru a 90 turn. I am concerned this might be dangerous as the wire run is not laying flat. I wonder it the actual wire cover might be worn from the twisting and be a hazard. Any thoughts?

Hmmm? Reversing the drill bit instead of just pulling it out running 🏃‍♂️. A friend of mine lost a dryer vent brush in the duct doing that. We lucked out getting it out on the outside vent 30 feet away by extending the rod and pushing it through. 4:12

You're right about the pros not wanting us to know. I started watching this video and a pro ziplined down from the ceiling and judo kicked me in the back of the face. Ouch.

Thats a great idea.

is your bend radius NEC compliant?

Damn! Genius!

any time you do this start with a 1 inch bit. more space is much easier.

How about using a magnet to find/pull your fish tape through the other side when it gets close?

Thanks for the show. It seems like it's always the good guys the have to serve youtube jail time. One might think youtube would learn there's something wrong with their policing, but they don't.

RU-vid jail?!?! Da fuq? Love your videos!!!

Wish I would have seen this a week ago when I had to fish a 6/3 with a ground around a corner

You dont have to go through all that trouble fishing it around the corner ... just drill a third hole tight in the corner at an angle between the other two holes. Your drilling the corner where the drywall will meet right between the holes at an angle directly into the corner. Then when you push the wire in you will see it and be able to direct it around the corner with a screw driver or needle nose out the other hole. I've done it thousands of times ... takes a few seconds.

I like how you ran the wire like a quarter inch back from the surface and didn't even use a nail guard. I'd totally pay you cash money bills because you know tricks like "bend the wire."

That's a good idea. Question: What do you do if you have wall panels up and are not planning on damaging them or cutting them out? I have printed plywood panels from the 70s and need to work in a tight space to make it around the corner and then upward to add a vanity light.

Don’t forget to blow all of the sawdust out of the holes before trying to get your wire through

I use this method but it is not always successful so I have to try other methods such as a piece of tie wire or string and vacuum cleaner.

use an elbow drill and stubby spade bit

Maybe put a nail plate there too?

What? No mention of tacos. Who are you?😂 Skip McCain

I'd be happy to contribute my 0.0005 cents to watch your videos. Good video.

how about just notching the corner with a wood chisel, saw. etc; and nail plate them.....WAY faster, cheap...and bonus there's no guessing if inspector will fail you because of hole location. if youre doing piece work, time is money....hourly do this way.

Another trick to keep the drill parrallel to the ground is hang a small wrench on the drill through its hang hole, and drill slow - if the wrench starts crawling toward you, go up a bit. If it crawls towards the job, drop it down a bit.

"It's a bad tradesman that blames his tools." Is that a saying in America? As it is in England.

Easiest trick? Keep a roll of landscape twine , ,insert one end in one hole , use shop vac on the other side and voila , you fished it , the landscape twine won’t break , compare to the wire loop opening every time it snag ...your trick is great , but .....that another one

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I don't think it's true that Sparks don't want you to know. That's not why they contract us.

Put some dry wall up and throw some water pipes in sunshine 😲

That's no inch and a quarter. Why in creation would you not use a shorter spade bit? You could get a much better angle that way.

That looks much easier than my bonehead methods of the past.

Get yourself an inside read ruler,makes measuring easier.