Receptacle Location

[macmikeman]

I have learned they are easy to center when you have access on the other side of the wall.

Now that was a funny well done answer. Maybe the guy shoulda just walked around to the other side and used a hawg and an auger bit....

 

[hbiss]

I am installing a receptacle for equipment that requires 240 Volt, The location for the receptacle is right beside a 208 Volt panel that is recessed into the wall, I will be fishing down the wall to 240 receptacle beside 208 Volt panel, Everything will be labeled, Is it OK

A simple "yes" would have sufficed...

-Hal

 

[Jpflex]

Lots of depends with those things. I call them the gamble bit: you feeling lucky, punk?

lol Clint Eastwood. My uncle used to quote his line back in the 90s before he died. Do you feel lucky punk? Well do you?

 

[Jpflex]

Yes, and yes.

You can usually use a flex-bit to drill through fire-stop blocking, and pull the wire with it.

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I’ll have to watch a YouTube video on this. I seen those long bits but never done this in this way. Is the hole often made too close to the fire stop or plate edge in this way?

 

[ptonsparky]

I’ll have to watch a YouTube video on this. I seen those long bits but never done this in this way. Is the hole often made too close to the fire stop or plate edge in this way?

You don't know. Typically if you can see where you're drilling, you won't use this solution.