How to use nylon fish tape through conduit?

Fishing a wire through the conduit is always a challenging job. You may possess an existing conduit which can be a pipe too. This conduit can serve the purpose for the internet cables, speaker wires, telephone, or electrical wires. You will have a real-time in trying to push the new fish tape through the conduit. After insertion, the tape may stop proceeding after reaching a certain length due to a bend of the pipe or some other internal obstacle. You have to pull out the entire length again as pushing the wire is not resulting in any further progress. You will realize after some time that a combined effort of pulling and pushing may be effective to complete the work.

How to use the tape

The insertion process involves attaching a string to a rope and the rope to the cable. Keep on pushing the string and exert suction force from the other side using a vacuum cleaner to suck out the other end of the string. Once the string insertion is complete, pull the rope along with the line inside the pipe followed by the pulling of the actual tape. Once you complete the introduction of the tape through the conduit, the thing is ready for transmitting electricity. The nylon fish tape is a good choice for using inside the duct. The flexible nature of these tapes helps it to bend through the 90 degrees curve in the channel.

Material of tape matters

Using the fiberglass fish tape manufactured by authentic companies can also be an excellent option when you are encasing the wires. There is an incorporation of fiberglass in resin made of elastic polyester, and the mixture is bound by any ordinary lay coil to produce the nylon fish tape. The surface structure has ripples that make it resistant against bending strain and the surface tension inside the channel. The poly pro-pylon coating adds resistance to abrasion and reduces the resistance against friction.

Areas of usage

The fiberglass fish tapes are a common choice if you want to install cables for telecommunication or data communication purposes. Places where you have the possibility of facing higher thrust of pressure, you need to use fiberglass tapes to withstand the high pressure. But if the conduit has a complex set of twists and turns due to the architectural structure, you have to use the nylon ones inside to prevent any snap inside. The metallic surface of the conduit itself generates a frictional force. So the material needs to have minimum friction resistance to avoid damage when the first phase of insertion is going on.
 
Deciding the right choice

If the run of the conduit is long with several bends and the wires fill up 25% or more of the area inside, the power and elasticity of the fish tape will make the insertion into the pipe much more manageable. It can also be used to tug new wires inside the channel. This action can save the time of many pulls for increasing the strength. You must check the quality of the wire as it will be used inside the conduit.