Q: Can you settle a debate between my wife and me? We have to have electric cables buried in the ground for all sorts of things around our home. She insists that the cables should be in conduit, and I ...

Southwire announces the SIMpull Cable-In-Conduit (CIC) system. Developed to meet the evolving needs of the industry, the SIMpull CIC system offers efficiency, safety, and reliability, setting a new ...

Q. Tim, what are your thoughts on burying electric and cable TV lines? I can buy approved cable and wire that’s rated for direct burial, saving the cost of installing it in conduit. What’s been your ...

When extruded dielectric cables were first introduced in the 1960s and 1970s, the industry experts expected the cables to operate reliably for a minimum of 20 years. However, field records and ...

Every electrical installation requires the pulling of cable. Although this is a routine task, guessing whether a cable pull is going to be successful or not is definitely not wise. That’s why applying ...

When constructing the Empire State Building in 1930, engineers found that the heavy non-armored electrical cable installed in vertical raceways or risers imposed excessive strain on terminations, ...

I googled this and don't seem to be finding anything saying its necessarily bad or against code (but not necessarily recommended either). Is it against code or bad in any way to run fiber inside of a ...