Pulling Mobile Home Feeder and Conduit Orientation

[sparky 1971]

You will never get them through one at a time, they all need to go through at the same time. How did you attach the wires to the rope or whatever you used to pull? This may not have been touched on in the thread. Strip about a foot of insulation off of each wire. Then cut the outer strands of wire off and put what's left through a loop on the end of a rope. The idea of cutting the strands off it to make the head a lot smaller when they get folded over the rope. That should be a fairly easy pull other than the exterior LB, you're doing something wrong.

 

[nmk_61802]

Pulling that wire thru 1.5" is a 2 person process. I pulled 130' using mule tape and a pair of lines man pliers as a handle without lube in one shot. Needed a helper uncoiling and pushing on the feed end though. Communicate thru cell phones. Don't uncoil.... you will never get the last two wires in.

 

[Innovate1]

It should go be it's going to be tough pulling through those regular sweeps. Long sweeps would make it a lot easier. I had trouble finding them in 1.5 locally so bent my own with steam through a larger pipe to heat. You still need one person pushing and one pulling. The other stuff has been covered - keep the head small, etc. I pulled 250' of 1-1-2-4 xhhw through 1.5" and it went pretty smoothly. The xhhw isn't twisted so is a little easier to pull but still. I think the sharper bends are a significant issue. I went for 24" radius.

 

[Model A Fan]

I hate to say it but I think I've been beaten by this wire. That's why I opted for hiring an electrician to come do it. Last time they came out, they sent three guys for a cable removal, so I'm guessing they will do similarly on the wire pull. I have a very odd work schedule so lining up friends to help is rather difficult.

I really appreciate the advice and encouragement, but I don't want to make my predicament worse by continuing to batter my head against a wall. I'm pretty frugal, so hiring someone isn't my 1st, 2nd, or maybe 3rd choice...and I know I might damage something if I get frustrated and try to force it. It's just too bad they're almost three weeks out from being able to pull the wire.

Here's the box I'm hooking the MHF to, I'm assuming my neutral wire from the MHF will be connected to the neutral bar and the ground goes to this grounding lug? I've just been staring at wiring so much I'm going a bit crazy. I also need to find another lug for my MHF neutral wire. This is the Eaton/Cutler brand panel. I'm having a hard time finding the proper lug rated for 220/240. The breakers are BR type.

Outdoor Main Panel im pulling power from to feed barn.



Neutral wire feeding outdoor main panel. This is where I need a second lug to connect the neutral for my MHF. Correct?





Ground bar on opposite side of neutral wire. I plan to use the already installed lug for the ground wire from my MHF. Will this be OK?



BR type breakers.

 

[nmk_61802]

Not sure if you mentioned having it, but you also need ground rods for the new panel. It needs to be grounded locally and panel to panel. Looks like technically you don't have another patch for ground between the existing panel and the new, but I would still keep the ground between panels (you already purchased the wire).