How do I get speaker wire through the tower?

squirrell · Outlaw Joined: 07 Feb 2003 Posts: 118 City: Pennsylvania

I am having trouble getting wire through the tower. Does anyone know an easy way to guide it down?

SupraBoarder · Posted: Jul 23, 2003 5:05 pm Post subject:

put a piece of cheese at the other end and wait.

squirrell · Outlaw Joined: 07 Feb 2003 Posts: 118 City: Pennsylvania

I tried but I am getting tired of waiting and now the cheese is hard

77 · Posted: Jul 23, 2003 5:14 pm Post subject:

hahahahaha

fyse0 · Posted: Jul 23, 2003 5:42 pm Post subject:

that'd be great if you actually did do that

BY03LSV · Newbie Joined: 27 Jan 2003 Posts: 34 City: Phoenix, AZ

I installed my own tower lights and I used fishing line (that is the only time fishing gear will be on my boat!!) with a sinker on the end and just fed it down the tower to the hole at the base. Then I used neddle nose plyers to grab the fishing line. Then I used duct tape and taped it to the wire and have one person feed the wire and another person to pull the line. It worked for me?? Good luck.

Jon · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 1176

tie dental floss or fishing line to the speaker wires. Drop the string or floss into a hole and suck it through with a vacuum cleaner on the other end. Then pull your line until the speaker wire comes through.

Sound Illusions · Posted: Jul 23, 2003 9:22 pm Post subject:

Jon Have you ever done it the way you suguested?

Option · Posted: Jul 24, 2003 6:28 am Post subject:

I used to wire trailers through tubing. We used welding wire from a MIG wire feed welder. You can make it as long as you want. Just make a hook on the end and presto! You should be able to pick some up for free at any welding shop.

Sbt3 · Soul Rider Joined: 27 Jan 2003 Posts: 279 City: Okauchee

Jon method works great. I did the same thinig last winter only I used a light nylon masons line. Feed the line throught the top hole and that way gravity will help along with the suction to get it down. It works like a champ.

Millertyme · Posted: Jul 24, 2003 9:13 am Post subject:

Jon right thats how you do it. vac. and string.

Millertyme

slappie · Criminal Joined: 16 Jul 2003 Posts: 55

I drilled the two holes and then tied a piece of metal to the string ( I used a long, narrow screw). Then I fed the string thru the hole at the top and used a magnet on the outside of the tower aluminum tubing to guide the screw to the vertical part of the tower. From there, gravity did the rest.

Wakescene.com · Posted: Jul 26, 2003 11:35 am Post subject:

The Vac/String thing is a old networking trick. Great for towers, or industrial buildings that have tubes to run wire thru but are 400 ft long. String on the tennis ball, gimme the SHOP VAC!!!