[imcarthur]

Originally Posted by porsche4life

Your best bet to pull will be to make a hook in the end of the existing and tie a loop in some string. Then tape the loop closed with a little taper up the wire to make it easy. Pull the string through, then pull the string through with the new wire done the same way.


I'll let someone more experienced recommend the wire, we tend to run everything in 10 or 12ga THHN stranded since that's what we have to use to run up sign poles.

This is the 'correct' method. 14 ag THHN/THWN would be sufficient for 15A circuits although 12 ga would give you extra amperage. Pull 3 wires - black/white/green representing hot/neutral/ground. The conduit is often used as a ground but that relies on metal to metal contacts which may or may not be there hidden in the wall. The old thick cloth/paper insulation was wrapped around a rubber core of insulation on the wire so it is safe as long as it is terminated properly.

Ian