I did a lot of fishing while working as an electrician. Not trout fishing, I mean fishing wires up and down the hollows of drywall or across the spaces above ceilings. Thing is, fishing wires is just as iffy and unpredictable as fishing for trout. Sometimes, you succeed within a few minutes. On the next job, however, wood blocking or insulation might fight you for hours.
The
running joke with electricians is this: if you fish a wire in on the first
attempt, you will pay dearly on the next fishing job. If this joke holds true,
I will be paying dearly next time. I managed, on my first attempt, to fish a
12/2 Romex across 5 feet of insulated ceiling my first attempt while wiring for
lights in my updated master bedroom ceiling.
I
have posted a photograph of my handiwork.
—Mitchell
Hegman
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