When was the last time you went to the store and picked up a bucket of lube? Be honest. Well I bought mine a couple months ago and the lube is super handy! I use it for wire pulling of course. Sometimes, actually all the time, pulling wire is not as easy as one might hope at the outset of a project. I have found myself in a couple situations where I was running wire in conduit, or in some cases out of conduit, with minimal clearance. Adding some lube to the Romex has made wire pulls possible that I do not think would have worked without it. When in doubt, use lots of lube! I use Ideal’s Clear Glide which I picked up at my local Home Depot. Details can be found at Ideal.
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It really does work wonders, I had a 1 inch conduit and a pull string and we kept loosing the cable at the bend with someone pushing/pulling the cable also. With the Lube I was able to get the cable through the conduit with no more problems. I might even be able to get one more through there which I wouldn’t have thought possible before, but it made it very easy.