Pulling Speaker Wire Through Wall

Follow these guidelines to avoid causing structural damage.

Pulling speaker wire through wall.

Upgrade fish tape wire puller through wall wire threader fish plus fish cable fastener with steel 9 99 0 63 1 oz in stock on september 15 2020. Make sure you use ul rated in wall wiring that meets local building and fire codes including cm cmr or cmp for computer networking and cl2 or cl3 for speakers. Use a fish tape or a fish stick a rigid pole for pulling wires when you need to pass them through the wall plates to the floor above or below the one on which you re working. While running it through a basement drill two holes on the wall ceiling and drill two other holes on the mounting plate for running the wire through the wall and connecting to the speaker.

Once the holes are done you can fish the wire from the wall plate hole through to the basement then up through the other hole to the speaker location. Support cables at 4 1 2 inch intervals with appropriate staples or clamps. Be sure to leave enough slack on both ends to make connections. Turn off the power.

Drill through the center of the stud using a maximum diameter of 60 of the stud s width 40 for load bearing walls. Always turn off the breakers in your electrical box before you begin to reduce the chance of an electrical shock should you accidently cut or drill into existing wiring. If there is no open path for the wire you may need to drill through wall studs or ceiling joists. Label both ends of the wire before you start pulling or before cutting another wire.

Run electrical cable through walls and across ceilings without tearing them apart. 6 insert tube and secure cord seat one end of the raceway tube into the tube port of one of the low voltage boxes. Feed cables through the holes. This will be used to assist in pulling the wire and race way through the wall.

While running wire around a door frame detach the molding run the wire through the frame and after completing the task reattach the molding. In wall speaker wire is identified in shorthand that indicates its gauge. Select proper wire or cable.