To make the connections in the junction box.
How trough wire from outside to attic.
Attach the wire or cable to a fish tape or coat hanger using electrical tape and feed it into the hole until it reaches the opening at the other end.
Bring all of the wire up into the attic.
Run the wire or cable to its destination.
I did a lot of reading about it but am confused about the best way to do it.
If you run outdoor audio wiring for speakers from an inside location to a back yard chances are you re going to need to run them through an attic or crawlspace.
Remove the outer jacket from the cable ends using the cable ripper or the utility knife.
Remove 3 4 inches of insulation from the individual wires.
Here i ll focus on the work of the attic rat the poor slob whose job it is to crawl through the attic space running wires s he must pull wires from the main panel location out to each alarm device in the system.
This video will show you tips how to fish wire down an existing wall from an attic space down to a crawl space.
If you re working from the attic you can drop a weighted string down wall cavity then attach the wire to the string and pull it through.
If you want to bring the wire up to the attic tie something to a string and lower it through the hole from above.
Pull the string from above to fish the wire through.
Hi all i have to run some romex in my attic.
Once the string reaches the bottom go down to the lower opening and tie the cable and string together.
Drop a string from above instead.
While one person holds the flashlight the other person should use a staple gun to run the wire along the rafters from one entry hole to the other.
My attic is non accessible so i know for a fact that i must protect the romex with guard strips or bore holes 1 25 from the face of the joists when running perpendicular to the joists and when i run parallel i must staple the romex to the face of the joists.