The other direction is easy most of the run, and the last 6’ is like hitting a wall - suddenly quite hard. The difficulty is greater but that's my point: the job will start hard and get slightly harder as it progresses, so you will sooner know if you need more help. So I will actually go against Ed's advice for several reasons, and advise feeding at the meter and pulling from the flat end. It is more difficult to guide the wires around the meter pan contents, but not that much more difficult - the wire needs to be guarded and guided anyway on the feeding end, or pull forces will greatly increase as Ed says.Īs far as which direction to pull, you need to have a plan and the necessary equipment, and you need to know you have it. Don't give them reasons to doubt the arrangement. It's hard enough finding an electrician willing to follow behind a DIYer and "turn the last bolts". You are just begging for a much bigger complication than you have now. I realize that's a complication you may not have figured for, but that's why being your own GC is hard.Įxpecting the electrician to thread the wires through the KO would not be a thing I would do, unless the electrican told me to. I would definitely install the meter before pulling wire, because not doing so is a blatant code violation. The electrician promised to hook up the meter, that was not the same as telling you to pull the wire before the meter is installed and then thread the wires through the meter KO. Ed Beal's pulling advice is as good as advice gets.
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