Romex pulling question...

[Tim Fitzgerald]

from a 250 ft coil..., what is the trick to have it not twist .
I spent a great deal of time on my install and now it looks like **** because the $%^#$% romex keeps twisting. I would like the steps starting from the pannel..., I have to go through three studs then up one then through joist for a 20 ft run. I put a staple loosely going up the first stud just to hold it in place so I wouldnt cut myself short on length and think this is where the problem may be...,

with that being said I dont get how else I would keep it in place for the entire run without holding it somehow to ensure that I dont cut it too short from the roll .....newbie just looking for some old timer tricks...

 

[Kevin54]

Pull the roll out of the box, and unroll it by holding it vertical. If you pull it out from the top, it uncoils and twist. Or take a tape measure, see how long a length you need, add a few feet to it, then cut it and straighten it ahead of time.

 

[ihrescue]

I was an electrician's helper after getting out of the service and ran a lot of romex in new residential construction. What I remember was as said that you took it from the outside of the wire's roll. When we drilled holes in the studs we always drilled first from a low angle from where the cable fed and the next stud would be drilled from a high angle and then they would alternate low angle, high angle. This method would allow the cable to feed through pretty easily.

 

[theoldwizard1]

Pull the roll out of the box, and unroll it by holding it vertical.

Use a broom stick and hang it from the middle of a stepladder.

 

[tshetter]

Use a broom stick and hang it from the middle of a stepladder.

This.

We always used a section of EMT between the steps of a ladder.

 

[sberry]

Put 1000 ft roll near the panel on a spindle. Un roll it.

 

[Mustang51js]

Put Sheetrock up and it will looks great

 

[Stevie-Ray]

Time is what you need. When you try to speed up, that is when things start twisting. Going through several studs is the biggest pain, but you can generally retwist small runs to where they are at least straighter. I spent a lot of time on mine, because I didn't know how long it would be unfinished, and I wanted it to look good. Some don't care; I've been in a lot of garages where even the straightest and longest of runs are twisted-nothing wrong with that, nothing against code, it's just not for me. When my inspector looked at mine, he said, "Wow, nice job" which tells me he's used to seeing everything twisted.

Broomstick between ladders, as was said to start.

 

[Aceman]

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[TractorJeff]

I haven't bought a big box of wire in a long time.
I thought there was a corner where you could open it as it would unroll inside the box?
I know my brother was fond of shoving his hand in the center and spiraling it out.
The whole time he was working it he would be twisting it in the opposite direction to minimize kinks.
Most wire I work with now comes on spools, they get hung or the big rolls go on a roller set.

 

[1grnlwn]

The roll on a pipe is a pain because it won't stay rolled up and wraps around the pipe. Short of buying the unwinder take the whole roll and put both arms through the center, one from each side. Walk around the room unwinding the roll on the floor. Roll out more than you need to pull and this will help to take out the curve and kinks. I do like the drywall comment though.