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I use a 36 Volt Makita leaf blower, gets a string tied to a plastic bag through a cable-pipe 100m long in about 5 seconds, 30 seconds if the pipe is full of water. By FAAAAR the best tool I have ever bought and it wasnt even expensive, like 150€? Has saved so much time.
Yeah I’d rather vacuum a bag in 1-2 minutes over 1500ft instead of tossing for an hour.. what work harder. I’ve had so many long runs that a toddler just wouldn’t get through. I slap a shop vac on and toss in a plastic bag and it’s through in 30 seconds. Mind you I was the 2nd tech out there to pull a drop so it was probably 6 hours total of 3 techs rodding a 300ft conduit. Work smarter not harder..
That was one of the biggest duh moments my first week doing commercial electric. I was genuinely confused as to how we were going to get several hundred yards of wire from point a to point b so I asked. My boss pulled out an old beat up shop vac, a sponge, and a fresh role of white string. Mind Blown
Why would he use a sponge? They can easily get stuck and would have to fish it out with some fish tape to try it over again. A plastic bag is light and with pulled by the vacuum it expands perfectly around the conduit making no air escape and pulls extremely easy.
Used to use this trick all the time for sending draw ropes down ducting. We used to do it with a big assed compressor though, the ones usually used for a jackhammer.
That's how it's done in the telecommunications field. Compressor, and a dart. Only really works with pvc ducts. Blow out any water between the manholes then send the dart with the drag attached.
Like data guys run their own conduit or string... I'm a commercial sparky. We do all their work except pull and terminate. Lazy fucks make Hella good money for nothing.
I've never seen someone use anything other than a plastic bag. Cheap and it'll be in a shop vac 300 ft away before you can even get the bag in the pipe
Pretty awesome! After seeing this video I used my dewalt blower to suck up water like a vacuum on a steel C channel beam so I could steal the screws! It was pumping out water onto the street. Lol.😂. I was 4 floors up tho!
Common sense tells me daily to use the blower and blow the string through with the pressure it has depending on pipe diameter. Common sense also says to grab a 5hp vacuum and you can use that as well for sucking or blowing. Whatever floats your boat
I bought a vacuum bag for my Makita blower. You attach the bag to where the rubber nozzle normally goes, and put the nozzle on the air intake. Makes for a somewhat awkward vacuum.
Idk why you keep checking. You will hear an audible change in the noise it makes when that string line gets to the end. Just hotta know what your doing and pay attenting
You ever used an industrial compressor and blower kit? That’s the real way to run string. Lol well then again it doesn’t look like you’re running hundreds of feet through 4” pipes.
Had one of these a couple of years now after seeing Roger Bisby use his Makita one during his orangery project, I am fully Dewalted so went for one like yours, wonderful machine, from blowing out the goat pens after mucking out to blowing out the air vents in my van, although never used the suction before. 👍
We used to blow the mouse and string through the conduit with compressed nitrogen. There shoulda been some water in that conduit. We used to soak the helpers!
Blower works but you'd have to do it from the other side and the string gets in the way so you'd have to do it just right to not pinch the twine as your feeding it which would stop the twine from actually going through to the other side.
Using the side vac on many brands voids the warranty. Check the warranty paper One little chip to the turbine and the tool will vibrate itself to death soon after. Hope this helps.
Depends what side your on lmao
Depends what side my on lmao?
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@@Bearason it was a blow job referral lol
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Depends on what she's charging.😂
I think you just sold a few dozen for DeWalt.
trust me i dont think anyone can do that 😂
A standard vacuum cleaner will do the exact same thing.
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Love the handheld for smaller pipes. We use a shop vac and a plastic bag for the bigger pipes.
I have used a vacuum but never a leaf blower. Great idea.
And that’s a battery powered one too at that
That’s not a leaf blower
I use a 36 Volt Makita leaf blower, gets a string tied to a plastic bag through a cable-pipe 100m long in about 5 seconds, 30 seconds if the pipe is full of water.
By FAAAAR the best tool I have ever bought and it wasnt even expensive, like 150€? Has saved so much time.
@PilAwe I prefer a cheap shop vac and a plastic bag. Leave just enough air in the bag and a 300 ft pull of string takes maybe a couple seconds
@@collintaylor4127 I noticed that vacuuming causes issues when the pipe is full of water, works well enough for dry pipes though
I’ve used vacuums, compressed air, but a battery operated leave blower is genius!!! Well done.
This is the DeWalt compact jobsite blower
You could use a vacuum as a leaf blower as well.
I did fiber work we used a vac trailer
@@sigsauerseanIt only blows jobs no leaves
Fish tape enters and exits the chat.
Fish tape would take forever...stick with the jet line...
They call that a mouse
Yea we have them. Little foam balls you blow through the pipe. My boss is very hardheaded.
@@USGovsOwnersRtheRealEnemy in a pinch you can use a plastic shopping bag tied to the end.
Yeah I’d rather vacuum a bag in 1-2 minutes over 1500ft instead of tossing for an hour.. what work harder. I’ve had so many long runs that a toddler just wouldn’t get through. I slap a shop vac on and toss in a plastic bag and it’s through in 30 seconds. Mind you I was the 2nd tech out there to pull a drop so it was probably 6 hours total of 3 techs rodding a 300ft conduit. Work smarter not harder..
That was one of the biggest duh moments my first week doing commercial electric. I was genuinely confused as to how we were going to get several hundred yards of wire from point a to point b so I asked. My boss pulled out an old beat up shop vac, a sponge, and a fresh role of white string.
Mind
Blown
Why would he use a sponge? They can easily get stuck and would have to fish it out with some fish tape to try it over again. A plastic bag is light and with pulled by the vacuum it expands perfectly around the conduit making no air escape and pulls extremely easy.
whats the power lost on several hundred yards?
I do this with a Home Depot bag some jet line and my Milwaukee vacuum it’s honestly awesome how fast and far it will go.
Why specify a home depot bag? It works with any plastic bag. Also, not really surprising, this has been done forever.
Was wondering why you kept lifting it off but the end made that clear. Great stuff.
Used to use this trick all the time for sending draw ropes down ducting. We used to do it with a big assed compressor though, the ones usually used for a jackhammer.
Oh nice!
That's how it's done in the telecommunications field.
Compressor, and a dart.
Only really works with pvc ducts.
Blow out any water between the manholes then send the dart with the drag attached.
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That's crazy. Never thought about using suction for fishing wires.
Considering vacuums will suck the pull chord through your fan..
Use compressed air or a shopvac to blow it through.
Years ago, we used a large commercial vacuum cleaner to pull a line in 6" RMC. The run was about 800".
Now I need to get me a Dewalt Turbo lol
hey bro send me $
You just made a data guy go to Home Depot 😂
Like data guys run their own conduit or string... I'm a commercial sparky. We do all their work except pull and terminate. Lazy fucks make Hella good money for nothing.
What data are you sifting through, you maniac
As a fellow data guy you don’t need this you just need to bully the sparkies
I've never seen someone use anything other than a plastic bag. Cheap and it'll be in a shop vac 300 ft away before you can even get the bag in the pipe
@@collintaylor4127 Use the Good Ole Walmart bags, that are STREWED Everywhere. It werxx!
Pretty awesome! After seeing this video I used my dewalt blower to suck up water like a vacuum on a steel C channel beam so I could steal the screws! It was pumping out water onto the street. Lol.😂. I was 4 floors up tho!
I miss doing things that actually worked… great video. Stay safe.
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It’s actually advertised as both, it also comes with an attachment with a tube and bag for vacuuming.
I use the makita version to shoot the apprentice with dust. Lol never gets old. Thanks for reminding me it's been a while.
seriously, never had a thought about this. brilliant!
A blower is a vacuum by definition.
I use the same method for wiring in my house, with a vacuum cleaner.
Wiring a custom chopper, suck dental floss through the frame and start pulling wires.
A question asked after only one braincells remains
Great! Now we only need a good trick to clean nasty spots from walls ;)
Common sense tells me daily to use the blower and blow the string through with the pressure it has depending on pipe diameter. Common sense also says to grab a 5hp vacuum and you can use that as well for sucking or blowing. Whatever floats your boat
Just use a grocery bag. Straight up, thought that was a potato coming out of that pipe. Haha
this is an awesome hack to hold us over until someone invents a vacuum.
A blower is a vacuum.
And a vacuum is a blower.
AWESOME IDEA! Thanks!
slap the tube on the intake side and its a water pump also!
It's designed to be used as a blower, as there is no filter in place.
This gives me a million dollar idea. Thanks.
What could’ve gone faster was if you had 2 on each end and did the opposite ends. One blowing, one sucking
I miss my perfectly made "Ghosts" 😟
Pretty smart! Just hope there's no water in there
There was lol
I bought a vacuum bag for my Makita blower. You attach the bag to where the rubber nozzle normally goes, and put the nozzle on the air intake. Makes for a somewhat awkward vacuum.
Idk why you keep checking. You will hear an audible change in the noise it makes when that string line gets to the end. Just hotta know what your doing and pay attenting
When it's sped up why to I feel like I feel that noise at the back of my throat lol
I have one in a different brand. Use it more often than I expected I would when I first got it.
This just goes to show that you don’t need an electrical license to be an electrician
I don’t how this correlates to him being an electrician, but alright.
Fuck that's genius
I thought it was a hamster
Every blower is also a vacuum and every vacuum is also a blower
Them same things can even pump water without modification
Don't need that I just slide the wire through as I attach the next pipe section ...less steps less tools needed
I blow mine with a shop vac using a styrofoam ball looks like more than one way to skin the cat.
For sure!
I just use a plastic bag from like any old store and a shopvac because they're designed to suck water too.
For those who are not fans of dewalts unlike myself I am, you can get a Makita of this blower about one for my father
Wow that's very smart way to run cable I'm going to keep that one in my back pocket
Aye bro is it cool if you float me a $20
yup works every time
That ain't no 1990 dust devil brother
Lol
This reminds me of a old girlfriend Suzy in many ways!!! 😁
Me too. We all miss Suzy.
That’s what will damage the motor- grow up!😮
Car guys only hear the turbo charging sound🤤
Lol, did that with a shop vac to run power out to a barn in the 80s.
Holy crap, so that's what being old sounds like?
You ever used an industrial compressor and blower kit? That’s the real way to run string. Lol well then again it doesn’t look like you’re running hundreds of feet through 4” pipes.
Neat. That reminds me of the vacuum transport tubes that most banks used to use.
Lol! Both depending on what side your on.😂
Can’t have one without the other.
Your brotherrr did that when we lost the gerbillll... 😆😊
Love that blower, I have 2
Had one of these a couple of years now after seeing Roger Bisby use his Makita one during his orangery project, I am fully Dewalted so went for one like yours, wonderful machine, from blowing out the goat pens after mucking out to blowing out the air vents in my van, although never used the suction before. 👍
We used to blow the mouse and string through the conduit with compressed nitrogen. There shoulda been some water in that conduit. We used to soak the helpers!
Yep.. mouse farts
Looks great, but will that dirty water running through the blower damage it?
Put the jelly on it and start pulling!
Мне кажется протяжкой легче, типа меньше шансов, что она где нибудь застрянет
Harbor freight Bauer makes the exact same blower
A little water won't hurt 😂
Looks like it will only work on a 1” pipe, unless you got an adapter. Am I right?
Shop vacs work great
Aye bro lemme borrow like $300
Same shit. They have the same
Motor . You can use your shop vac as a motor and your blower as a vac
I need a compressor to clear the ice and dirt, but looks nice for new conduit
Bro! That's way better than a shop vac and acidentally getting an extra 30' of twine!
Intake side for blower
Ahh happy day ....Tracy's lives down under now ...happy out
Yup! 600 ft will pull through like that in less than 30 seconds, IF you have a clean, unbroken, and unobstructed UG conduit!
Chill sparky, what you do isn’t cool
A blower cannot exist without a vacuum.. something to think about
believe me its not gonna work long doing that especially if doing a lot of dirt/sand which vacuum usually do.
It's work smart not hard...🥂🔥
Well bugger me with a fish fork.
Why not blow from the other side?
There’s likely a spool of wire on the other side. They sent a bag attached to string through first then pull the wire through
It's a blower and you have used it's vaccum side.
Call it new wife
I know a few women that will put that tool to shame 😂
Looks like it’s a blower being used as a vacuum
Both
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction
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Vacuum!!! if it was a blower, we would see the jet line going in plus the at wouldn’t work
Supercharger lol
You know you're sucking all that dust and crap into the motor.....
Not the motor, just the blower wheel.
@@Builtwithtools which is connected to the motor
Milwaukee, makita, Hitachi, metabo all have the same design fault
both actually.
Depends on how you're using it, but I'd say it's both a vacuum and a blower!!!
Nice!
We used a shop vac, but...yeah.
I would think the blower? Should be the same velocity. And keeps moisture out of your motor area. My opinion.
Blower works but you'd have to do it from the other side and the string gets in the way so you'd have to do it just right to not pinch the twine as your feeding it which would stop the twine from actually going through to the other side.
Moisture in da motor is definitely bad though 😅
bro i thought they was a mouse for a second lol
Haha
MOUSE. Is in the house….
Using the side vac on many brands voids the warranty. Check the warranty paper
One little chip to the turbine and the tool will vibrate itself to death soon after.
Hope this helps.