Stud Walls

• 1). Place your box of electrical cable beside the outlet. Pull 2 to 3 feet of cable out of the box. Label the end of the outer insulating jacket with a permanent marker. Labeling the cable will allow you to quickly determine which circuit you are wiring when connecting the cable to the service panel.
  
  
• 2). Pull another 10 to 12 feet of cable out of the box. Thread the end of the cable through the holes in the studs as you pull the cable toward the service panel. Do not allow the cable to kink as it travels through the studs.
  
  
• 3). Alternate removing wire from the box and pulling it taught until you reach the service panel. Working with small increments of slack cable reduces the cable’s tendency to coil and kink as you pull it through the studs.
  
  

Conduit

• 1). Remove 3 inches of the outer insulating jacket from the cable with a utility knife to expose the inner conductors.
  
  
• 2). Insert your fishing tape through the end of the conduit nearest the service panel. Push the tape through until it extends at least 3 inches from the end of the conduit nearest your wire.
  
  
• 3). Hook one conductor through the end of your fishing tape. Secure the conductor to the end of the fishing tape with two or three wraps of electrician’s tape. Trim the remaining conductors even with the end of the outer insulating jacket with wire cutters.
  
  
• 4). Apply a small amount of wire lubricant to the last 2 inches of the cable’s insulating jacket.
  
  
• 5). Pull the fishing tape through the conduit from the service panel side.