afjes_2016
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Heads up!!
If you do end up using "lube" for any reason be absolutely sure that you spend money for electrical wire pulling lube and not use some other type of lube not specifically formulated for electrical wire.
Reason is that some lubrication on the market is made of petroleum based materials in which over time will deteriorate the protective properties of the insulation around the individual conductors thus causing possible serious issues in the future such as dead shorts which may be hidden within the conduit thus requiring pulling new wire etc. And may also cause over heating of the conductors.
If you use individual wire you can use colored tape on each end of the length pulled indicating that one end of a wire matches the other end of the same wire. Of course mark the wire with the tape prior to pulling. Or if not colored tape use black electrical tape and make rings around the wire. For the hot, do two rings of tape. For the neutral do three rings of tape on each end of the wire. This way you know which is which. But wrap the tape securely around the wire. Don't make little tags with a note on the tag as they can end up being pulled off during the pull and you end up with no tag on the wire and end up having to chime out the wires to figure out which is which.
If you do end up using "lube" for any reason be absolutely sure that you spend money for electrical wire pulling lube and not use some other type of lube not specifically formulated for electrical wire.
Reason is that some lubrication on the market is made of petroleum based materials in which over time will deteriorate the protective properties of the insulation around the individual conductors thus causing possible serious issues in the future such as dead shorts which may be hidden within the conduit thus requiring pulling new wire etc. And may also cause over heating of the conductors.
If you use individual wire you can use colored tape on each end of the length pulled indicating that one end of a wire matches the other end of the same wire. Of course mark the wire with the tape prior to pulling. Or if not colored tape use black electrical tape and make rings around the wire. For the hot, do two rings of tape. For the neutral do three rings of tape on each end of the wire. This way you know which is which. But wrap the tape securely around the wire. Don't make little tags with a note on the tag as they can end up being pulled off during the pull and you end up with no tag on the wire and end up having to chime out the wires to figure out which is which.