Electrical Wiring & Circuitry Electrical Repair

Why Use Conduit Wiring?

By Timothy Thiele
Updated 10/21/19

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When you are ready to start wiring your home, garage, shed, or barn, you first have to
decide what type of wiring you will use to complete the job at hand. Some wire has
its sheath coating, requiring only that it be stapled to wall studs and joists to secure
it. These types of wires are all enclosed in the same sheath but are not without
danger of damage due to contact with anything that can cut into the plastic sheath
and wires.

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Protecting Wires From Damage

For that reason, and where wiring needs to be protected from damage, there is
another option. That option is single strands of electrical wire that can be pulled in
metal conduit. These single strands can be added within the conduit so many wires
are pulled from one electrical box to the next.

Conduits come in styles from fairly strong construction to extremely rigid conduit that
you could drive over without damaging it. You will have to choose the conduit that
both satisfies your needs and is appropriate as per the National Electrical Code.

Styles
Conduit comes in many styles and is used to run electrical wiring in exposed
locations in and around your home. It may be a basement, garage, barn, laundry areas,
and also exposed areas. Your home may have conduit run inside of the walls, giving
you access to pull additional circuits through the existing conduit runs later on.
Within the conduits, you can choose between a couple of different types of wiring.

Stranded or solid wire is usually pulled through

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