If you have issues, get some wire lube at Lowes/Depot and lube them up
real good. Push them through, but use Randall's fish wire to guide them
and nudge them. If you really pull, you may stretch the wires... and
you shouldnt need to. (It pays to watch the electricians pulling wire
through conduit.)
Randall wrote:
>> After 3-4 hours of trying to feed the control head wiring
>> into the stator tube, I cut the stupid bullet connectors off
>> despite everyone chanting, "stagger", "stagger!".
>
> Paul,
>
> Don't feed them in. Instead, wrap a length of steel "handy" (aka baling)
> wire around the end of the electrical wires and feed it through. Then use
> it to pull the electrical wires through. Works much easier. Home Depot,
> Lowe's, etc. should have some suitable steel wire for just a few dollars.
> And it's a good thing for carrying with you, to reconnect parts that may
> fall off during your travels.
>
> Randall
http://SporkInTheEye.blogspot.com
--
all my nerves are naked wires
tender to the touch
sometimes super-sensitive
but who can care too much?
--I get this feeling
Scars of pleasure
Scars of pain
Atmospheric changes
Make them sensitive again
Neil Peart, "Scars", Presto (1989)
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