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Nubsnstubs said:
Greg, I'm not an electrician, but it is common knowledge that you pull all wires together. After pulling 2 if you could, the third would probable not make it as it might get wrapped in and around the others in the conduit. Get someone to help feed it as you pull and do all 3 on the same pull. You'll go to bed feeling a lot better.......... Jerry (in Tucson)
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I've done this before, pulling 3 strands of no.3 copper wire is way too stiff and it doesn't want to bend through the elbows. 1 at a time with a fish tape is much more manageable. I learned this the hard way. That's also why I used 1 1/4 PVC conduit so it has some extra room. I'll pull the access plates and pull the wires outside and then fish them through the holes in the boxes through the walls. And unfortunately I do everything by myself so I have learned how to do things that way. This will be the third time e I have done this. Good thing this time around is that it's a short run about 15'
 
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woodtickgreg said:
I've done this before, pulling 3 strands of no.3 copper wire is way too stiff and it doesn't want to bend through the elbows. 1 at a time with a fish tape is much more manageable. I learned this the hard way. That's also why I used 1 1/4 PVC conduit so it has some extra room. I'll pull the access plates and pull the wires outside and then fish them through the holes in the boxes through the walls. And unfortunately I do everything by myself so I have learned how to do things that way. This will be the third time e I have done this. Good thing this time around is that it's a short run about 15'
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Ok, I'll take your word for it. Thanks for correcting me, but also, like you said, short run. That's a big difference...................... Jerry (in Tucson)
 
Now I really know spring has arrived. Last night just before dark heard some buzzing by an open window. Our hummingbirds are back! It hovered there like it was saying "I'm back, where's my food". Quickly filled some feeders and they were right on them.

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Then, this afternoon, a Baltimore Oriole visited the hummingbird feeder. I removed the insect guard so the oriole can get some of the hummingbird food. Also hung an oriole feeder, but they seem to like the hummingbird feeder better.

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way cool. i have to get our humming bird feeders too. i dont buy the premade sugar water. i make it myself. no dies and crap added. just good ol cane sugar boiled in water...
 
Ours is all homemade too. I just add food coloring to keep it interesting for us humans.

BTW, we used to boil the water, but not anymore, just use hot water from the tap.
 
Love that Oriole picture. Wish we had them along with Cardinals and blue Jays here. We have had Cooper Hawks here for two years and the mice disappeared. Also, two horned owls have been showing up the last couple of years.
 
We only see the Orioles for a few weeks each spring. Don't know if they are on their way further north, or if they move into deeper woods for nesting.
 
Nubsnstubs said:
Greg, I'm not an electrician, but it is common knowledge that you pull all wires together. After pulling 2 if you could, the third would probable not make it as it might get wrapped in and around the others in the conduit. Get someone to help feed it as you pull and do all 3 on the same pull. You'll go to bed feeling a lot better.......... Jerry (in Tucson)
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Jerry,

We always pulled them as a team. Usually had a line drag in the conduit. If there was a bunch of turns, had the wire in the pipe as I glued the conduit up. Tried to use clear primer for above ground joints. Everyone has their own way...
 
Made an appointment at an architectural antique place in a nearby town and found what we hope will be a future mantle, a top for an old Singer sewing stand and a couple other projects. We goofed, a little, on the beetle kill slab; really warped. We both loved the color and I didn’t check it very well. Ugh..... well, guess I will learn some new skills. Also bought a piece we are hoping to finish as a headboard.

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woodtickgreg said:
Pulled to strands of wire today, easy peasy. Plenty of room for the last wire. I have to get one more to complete the run. Its 25' from panel to panel.
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Waiting on a 100amp 2 pole breaker to be delivered. Home depot wanted almost $100 for one, I found a Siemens breaker to match the panel on Amazon for $28.00
Then I wired up a couple of freebie t8 florescent fixtures for the basement. Just single bulb units, not real bright, but free so they'll work for now.
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Greg, the conduit on the left is an example of the frost heaving without an expansion joint like I mentioned in the pm.
 
Another non-shop day but great day to work outside. Put my 12’ trailer up by the house and got rid of a pile of debris from taking s tree down a couple months ago. Yea, no pic!
Added in some treated lumber that was part of temporary stairs and landing out basement door(now a deck is there), nothing worth saving. Had a couple other piles of tree debris and kept building up in the trailer then smushing it down with tractor bucket. Pretty well packed and about 5’ high. I’ll get some pics tomorrow, promise!
Pulled some decent oak out from down a sloped area and cleaned up part of an ATV trail that rides the ridge line down into a holler. Doing that kind of work on a slope is a lot harder and you’ve got to be that much more careful with chainsaws, and trip hazards so I try not to overdo it.
 
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My day has been crappy. Refrigerator went out. Broke water line for ice maker that never worked. Thought it was unhooked. It wasn't. Water everywhere. No shutoff. Had to shut whole house off. Lowes couldn't deliver until Thursday. Brought it home and my neighbor helped me get it in and the old one out. Went to turn the water back on, the ball valve broke. Had to get new pipe and ball valve. Got that fixed and new line for ice maker hooked up, no leaks....until 2 hours later. Go downstairs to change a load of laundry, heard water dripping. Now I have to go back to Lowe's in the morning and get the stuff to fix it. Probably going to switch copper lines out to PEX while I'm into it.
 
Was supposed to meet a friend and cut up an apple tree that blew over in his aunts yard but the above happened so I had to cancel. He sent me this picture...
He cut it up and loaded it on my trailer! All the big stuff is on the bottom.

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Eric Rorabaugh said:
My day has been crappy. Refrigerator went out. Broke water line for ice maker that never worked. Thought it was unhooked. It wasn't. Water everywhere. No shutoff. Had to shut whole house off. Lowes couldn't deliver until Thursday. Brought it home and my neighbor helped me get it in and the old one out. Went to turn the water back on, the ball valve broke. Had to get new pipe and ball valve. Got that fixed and new line for ice maker hooked up, no leaks....until 2 hours later. Go downstairs to change a load of laundry, heard water dripping. Now I have to go back to Lowe's in the morning and get the stuff to fix it. Probably going to switch copper lines out to PEX while I'm into it.
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i went looking for a "that sucks" emoji to attach to your post
 
I haven't cussed so much in a while as I did today! Seemed like everything I touched went to crap. But hey I saw a saying earlier, "its just been a bad day, its not a bad life." I like that. It could always be worse!
 
eaglea1 said:
Greg, the conduit on the left is an example of the frost heaving without an expansion joint like I mentioned in the pm.
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The old conduit is as old as the house, 1950s. The conduit that is underground is gone! Completely rusted out. I'll entertain looking at the joint you described in the convo, but I've never scene them used here. I know the very first PVC conduit I installed 20 years ago is still intact.
 
woodtickgreg said:
The old conduit is as old as the house, 1950s. The conduit that is underground is gone! Completely rusted out. I'll entertain looking at the joint you described in the convo, but I've never scene them used here. I know the very first PVC conduit I installed 20 years ago is still intact.
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Lots of contractors use them, just don't see them unless you are really looking for them. Some just do the old school, 4' deep trench to "minimize" frost heave. Think IBC code now allows higher voltage as shallow as 2 feet deep in conduit.
 
Eric Rorabaugh said:
My day has been crappy. Refrigerator went out. Broke water line for ice maker that never worked. Thought it was unhooked. It wasn't. Water everywhere. No shutoff. Had to shut whole house off. Lowes couldn't deliver until Thursday. Brought it home and my neighbor helped me get it in and the old one out. Went to turn the water back on, the ball valve broke. Had to get new pipe and ball valve. Got that fixed and new line for ice maker hooked up, no leaks....until 2 hours later. Go downstairs to change a load of laundry, heard water dripping. Now I have to go back to Lowe's in the morning and get the stuff to fix it. Probably going to switch copper lines out to PEX while I'm into it.
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That’s a seriously crappy day Eric, feel for ya. Moving to PEX or pvc is a good move. Our last home had copper since built in the 70s. First year in, went into crawl space to install a whole house filter...copper was paper thin from acidic well water. The tubing cutter just crushed it vs cutting. Temporarily fixed, then installed a neutralizer then slowly replaces all plumbing in house with PEX, including an upstairs bathroom. Lots of drywall removed in process while we did a multi year renovation of master suite. Some behind tile we didn’t want disturbed got replaced when exterior cedar siding was replaced with Hardi siding. I developed a real hate for renovating, always found something else (surprise!)needed fixed along the way.
 
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