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To: Howard R. Hansen who wrote (10171)	2/2/2000 7:46:00 PM
From: Dan Spangenberg	Read Replies (3) of 14778

Actually, now that you mention it, this is what I have done between my 3 of my rooms in my house and my utility room. I did it 6 or 7 years ago so I had forgot. I put in 3/4". It isn't possible to put 3" or 3 1/2 though. I come from a long line of electricians in my family and this is standard routine for them. Typically you would put in 3/4" or 1" PVC. It would be hard to get much large than that in a standard 2 x 4 stud wall. You might get 1 1/4" but that is really overkill. Make sure you use standard electrical radius 90 degree bends, NOT plumbing 90's. You usually use schedule 40 PVC. The plumbing grade (white in color) or the electrical grade (grey in color) are identical in composition. One great advantage of PVC is that you can do gradual bends by heating it and bending it. Just use a high power heat gun or propane torch. Works like a charm for gradual bends. Home depot carries all the fitting and pipe etc. You can fit alot of wire in a 3/4" run. I would imagine you could fit 4 or 5 cat 5 cables, this should be enough to acommodate future needs. Also it is not necessary to put in a fishline when you install the pipe. You just push a fishtape through it when ready to pull the wire. Also a shop or home vacuum at one end will pull a nylon line through it. You put a small "mouse" ( or round ball) made of foam around the line and the vacuum will suck it through in a flash. Compressed air is also used frequently to push a line through. I have helped my father pull runs of over 500' like this. You do need to limit each run to about no more than 4 90 degree bends, much more than this and it is real difficult to pull the wire. Buy some electrical wire pulling lubricant when you do pull the wire. This is standard everyday electrician stuff, I'm sure your contractor can help you with it. Sorry for rambling on now..hope this makes sense to someone. Good Luck Dan

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