Run Thhn Through Attic

No you cannot run thhn open the same as you would nm cable.

Run thhn through attic.

While one person holds the flashlight the other person should use a staple gun to run the wire along the rafters from one entry hole to the other. Stranded thhn is used on most commercial jobs it s more flexible than solid wire which makes it easier to pull and it doesn t spring back when. Where run across the top of floor joists or within 2 1 m 7 ft of floor or floor joists across the face of rafters or studding in attics and roof. Personally to do what you propose i think once you are done doing it all in conduit you ll wish you had spent the 100 on romex.

Put an lb behind the panel to make the turn into the panel and use sweep 90 s for the turns from vertical to horizontal at the rafters. Ok as an electrician i have always believed thhn wire could not be run in walls etc. Bring all of the wire up into the attic. A where run across the top of floor joists.

The staple gun should be loaded with wire staples designed for holding the size and type of wire you are running. Now i am being asked for a code reference stating thhn can not be run inside residential walls without protection. If you choose to run pvc for protection above the rafters then thhn wire is the correct product to use inside the pvc. Other types of wire have a sticky rubber sheathing that makes them almost impossible to pull.

Yes you can use metallic or non metallic conduit but it must be electrical conduit. Running feed across attic and down side of house to a doing a remodel that requires the meter to move to opposite doing a remodel that requires the meter to move to opposite side of house so new meter socket feeding qo 200 amp 8 space 16 circuit outdoor read more.