>Drill the hole, if the lights go off, rewire.
I shit you not, when I renovated my house there were three pictures hanging on the wall, and on the other side of the drywall, three nails inserted perfectly into the ground of a romex line.
I stopped buying lottery tickets after that, used up all my good luck.
Well conduit is supposed to be Recessed half way into the stud to avoid drilling into live wire so hopefully your shit is built to code. Assuming you're not going into a stud the wire should still be half way into the stud being fished horizontally to the next stud. If it's going vertical to a light switch or outlet just move over 1/8 of an inch and go into the stud.
I stand corrected. Rare thing to admit being wrong on PrepHole. But im glad i learned something. So Chicago, Cook county must use EMT. Some surrounding counties in Illinois do allow Romex but it IS mainly EMT conduit. From an electrical work pov, this would make replacing wires in your home alot easier. When i build my home it will all be 1inch conduit lol. Frick 3/4. But at the same time, if you were forced by old mob union laws to use EMT, it would cost you a substantially amount more. Like an extra $5k minimum. Romex is insulated with a ground and GFCI outlets would work just as safely in 2022. Very interesting though. Let me give you some cool state code and handy information in return. For safety reason in Florida schools, the electrical outlets are placed upside down with the ground plug on top. This is so if any kids paper falls off the wall, it dosent land on a half plugged in cord, hit the negative and positive and start a fire. But i dont understand why every outlet in every state dosent do this. So.... new home, conduit only, gfci's on every outlet and grounds up. Kek
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Oh totally and at the end of the day I used conduit and romex interchangeably since I'm just not in the trades and don't keep up. When I redid my garage outlets and lighting I used 3/4 flexible conduit... And shoved romex in it thinking that's how it was done. Not realizing I could have just bought separate wires but at the end of the day I was reusing romex and buying spools of it was just easier. Oh well.
1 year ago
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Lol, yeah romex through conduit makes no sense. It is one or the other.
1 year ago
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I'm sure the next owner will make fun of it as well
Conduit doesn't matter. Any dipshit with a long HS drill bit will make short work of that.
Stud penetrations are supposed to be 1-1/4" from the stud surface. Add 1/2" for sheetrock, take off 1/4" for margin of error. Don't drill or use screws longer than 1-1/2"
USB borescopes are dirt cheap and you can use your phone or any computer. Just grab whatever has decent revies as there isn't much to them. I mostly use mine for engine inspections.
Pretty amazing what $30 will get you from China with their stolen technology. When this one dies, I want one with focus.
if you mean the ac detector on stud finders, they're way too sensitive to be useful at pinpointing wires
This, my studfinder gives me like a 6” range. But my dedicated NCV will tell you which wire in a bunch is live so it probably wouldn’t go deep enough.
I would just use a shallow plastic anchor and don’t keep plowing with the drill if it doesn’t feel like drywall. Like other anon said, the conduit shouldn’t be right on the surface.
Well first off,there is no such thing as a wire detector. This means you have no clue about anything you are saying so just hire someone because you are moronic.
If you are using the pic related in the OP then go ahead and drill and don't worry about the wire. It will either A.) move out of the way or B.) It will be too far recessed for the anchor to touch it.
Oh and don't use a real drill bit to go into the drywall. Just push in the Philips screwdriver you are using to insert the anchor.
Do you artists seriously fret over whether you're going to drill into the wiring? Just don't use 2"+ screws. Even if you somehow magically hit a hot wire it's just 120V.
Drill the hole, if the lights go off, rewire.
>Drill the hole, if the lights go off, rewire.
I shit you not, when I renovated my house there were three pictures hanging on the wall, and on the other side of the drywall, three nails inserted perfectly into the ground of a romex line.
I stopped buying lottery tickets after that, used up all my good luck.
drill carefully
Drink all the way
i mean drill
if you mean the ac detector on stud finders, they're way too sensitive to be useful at pinpointing wires
Yeah those things
Find a new spot to drill? You really wanna take that chance?
Noooooo it must hand exactly there
Well conduit is supposed to be Recessed half way into the stud to avoid drilling into live wire so hopefully your shit is built to code. Assuming you're not going into a stud the wire should still be half way into the stud being fished horizontally to the next stud. If it's going vertical to a light switch or outlet just move over 1/8 of an inch and go into the stud.
>he thinks residential wires run through conduit.
> he dosent know about Romex
Kek kek kek fricking dumbass...kek kek kek
Chicago my friend
They use Romex in Chicago. It's not fricking Wakanda.
https://theralphieandryanshow.com/why-does-chicago-require-conduit-for-homes/
Are you sure?
I stand corrected. Rare thing to admit being wrong on PrepHole. But im glad i learned something. So Chicago, Cook county must use EMT. Some surrounding counties in Illinois do allow Romex but it IS mainly EMT conduit. From an electrical work pov, this would make replacing wires in your home alot easier. When i build my home it will all be 1inch conduit lol. Frick 3/4. But at the same time, if you were forced by old mob union laws to use EMT, it would cost you a substantially amount more. Like an extra $5k minimum. Romex is insulated with a ground and GFCI outlets would work just as safely in 2022. Very interesting though. Let me give you some cool state code and handy information in return. For safety reason in Florida schools, the electrical outlets are placed upside down with the ground plug on top. This is so if any kids paper falls off the wall, it dosent land on a half plugged in cord, hit the negative and positive and start a fire. But i dont understand why every outlet in every state dosent do this. So.... new home, conduit only, gfci's on every outlet and grounds up. Kek
Oh totally and at the end of the day I used conduit and romex interchangeably since I'm just not in the trades and don't keep up. When I redid my garage outlets and lighting I used 3/4 flexible conduit... And shoved romex in it thinking that's how it was done. Not realizing I could have just bought separate wires but at the end of the day I was reusing romex and buying spools of it was just easier. Oh well.
Lol, yeah romex through conduit makes no sense. It is one or the other.
I'm sure the next owner will make fun of it as well
Conduit doesn't matter. Any dipshit with a long HS drill bit will make short work of that.
Stud penetrations are supposed to be 1-1/4" from the stud surface. Add 1/2" for sheetrock, take off 1/4" for margin of error. Don't drill or use screws longer than 1-1/2"
Drill small hole and look around.
How can I stick my head in a hole that small?
USB borescopes are dirt cheap and you can use your phone or any computer. Just grab whatever has decent revies as there isn't much to them. I mostly use mine for engine inspections.
wild borescopes are surprisingly cheap
Pretty amazing what $30 will get you from China with their stolen technology. When this one dies, I want one with focus.
This, my studfinder gives me like a 6” range. But my dedicated NCV will tell you which wire in a bunch is live so it probably wouldn’t go deep enough.
I would just use a shallow plastic anchor and don’t keep plowing with the drill if it doesn’t feel like drywall. Like other anon said, the conduit shouldn’t be right on the surface.
Well first off,there is no such thing as a wire detector. This means you have no clue about anything you are saying so just hire someone because you are moronic.
If you are using the pic related in the OP then go ahead and drill and don't worry about the wire. It will either A.) move out of the way or B.) It will be too far recessed for the anchor to touch it.
Oh and don't use a real drill bit to go into the drywall. Just push in the Philips screwdriver you are using to insert the anchor.
That anchir sticks out maybe 1/2" in the wall, you'll be fine. Plus you get to test your breakers.
Buy one of those wall cameras. Drill a hole nearby and use it to look into the wall. Once inside the wall you can see exactly where the wire is.
Later on fill the hole with spackle
Do you artists seriously fret over whether you're going to drill into the wiring? Just don't use 2"+ screws. Even if you somehow magically hit a hot wire it's just 120V.