Electrical wiring electrical question.
How trough wire to attic.
Whether you re a professional alarm installer or a homeowner installing a diy security system you ll find some tips here that will make the job easier.
Is this something safe.
When cutting through drywall from the interior of a room use a utility knife and cut carefully you don t want to drill through a hidden wire or the paper backing of the attic insulation.
Wire from the attic to the basement using a second floor hvac return green.
It does have space to have another 8 3 wire so one option is to somehow break the conduit in the attic and separate the two lines with a junction box.
The original plan was to run security camera wires up through soffit into attic down into basement but that no longer is an option.
Nm through to soffit in non accessible attic junction box under soffit to transition from nm to 10awg thwn grounds crimped thwn in 3 4 metal conduit down to switch or 2 circuit solar load center through the wall into the basement and into the subpanel sized for at least 5760w if using a load center or 3840w if using switch.
Go directly through outside.
Wire from the basement to a first floor outlet.
Alternatively i considered to let the wire.
Start by inserting a long wire through the hole you just drilled a disassembled wire coat hanger works well.
When you find the hole in the wall plate remove the wire then uncoil the end of an electrician s fish tape and insert it.
Enter the attic or crawlspace and look for the wire extending through the drilled hole.
Hi all i have to run some romex in my attic.
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.
Thread the fish tape.
Enter the attic from a vent which is not far from the panel.
After finishing this back the wire to the attic and use the power drill to mount the camera to its base.
If the sites that you want to run wire to are on the outside of the house you should not need to drill a new hole.
How to fish wire through the attic this page explains the steps for fishing wires in a house with attic access which includes most homes having a pitched roof.
First connect the wires that came from the holes in the attic to the cameras and use electrical tape to secure it so that it doesn t get unplugged by accident.
For a first floor installation you will be drilling up through the floorboard and then sole plate.
Once up there i noticed that all the electrical wires were all over the place.
I recently relocated my cable wires which required my going to the attic.
Is it standard for electrical wiring to be strung in a disorderly fashion in the attic.
I just got back from my attic and realized i can t access the soffit from there.
I did a lot of reading about it but am confused about the best way to do it.
