On Saturday, October 23, 2021 at 7:45:07 AM UTC-4, xXmikeSXx wrote:
fishtape is definitely a beautiful thing... lol.. coathangers work too. my grandfather's house was built in 1929 and before we sold it, we managed to rewire the whole thing and install a VRV A/C system; it wasn't easy to get through a lot of the metal
and wood lath and 1 foot thick walls everywhere.. but those giant-ass longass drill bits that are available also saved our butt
Coat hangers work as long drill bits too.
It's quite a coincidence that you revived this thread today. Although I started this
thread over 2 months ago, I just started working on getting a light fixture in this
dark closet yesterday.
I decided to go with Wiremold, painted brown to "match" the paneled walls and ceiling as much as possible. All of the wiring will be in in the back of the closet
(except for the ceiling) so it'll be hidden behind closet stuff anyway.
I decided to tap into the power in the attached "shed" that shares an exterior wall
with the closet. A trick I learned a long time ago is to use a coat hanger as a
locator bit when trying to match a spot on each side of a thick wall when there is
no easy place to measure from.
I determined as best I could where I thought I had clearance from inside the closet
as well as where I could put a junction box in the shed. Using a 12" cut-off from a
coat hanger, I drilled through the closet wall and into the shed. If the location in the
shed didn't work out as I liked, all I would have would be 2 tiny holes. I'd also have
a better idea of where to try next. As it turned out that I hit it perfectly, so all I had
to do was enlarge the hall to bring the wire through.
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