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Yeah no kidding! Actually, when I started pulling the string and my hands started getting wet, I started looking around for open wounds just in case and realized it would probably be a good idea to use gloves next time. Yes, but am I going to grow a third arm soon? You know, that is something...

OK - I finally got around to doing this a couple of days ago and, as @Mdragger88 said, I was probably overthinking it. I had been so scarred by the difficulty in removing the old wire that I expected I would be struggling as much putting the new one in. It turned out to be pretty uneventful. We...

I don't know how they got it in, but it was extremely difficult getting it out. I wrote it up in more details at Need to replace broken lights - what make/model are these? I'll give it a shot and see how it goes. Thanks everyone for all the hints/tips!

Oh that's smart... In my case, I'd say the first 120' are probably going to be under water level and about 5-10' towards the junction box are going to be dry. So just regular Liquid Dawn down that pipe? I mean, a full bottle or? Costco size? :cool: I could also try to "force push" the...

Has anybody used this? It doesn't really say whether it's meant to be used in a flooded conduit. PoolTone™ Wire Pulling Lubricant Lube 4 oz

How far have you been able to pull with water only? I'm looking at 130 ft (not sure how many bends there are).

I have not. I'm not sure how much dry length it would buy me because of the terrain: the path drops down almost right away, before going back up to the pool equipment. Most of the conduit length is still going to be "under the water line" and full of water (unless I blow the water out somehow?)...

Alright! What would an alternative be? My pool guy says he uses liquid Dawn (which is why I mentioned it in my original post) when he does these kinds of jobs.

I just realized I didn't understand this correctly: in my case, I'm feeding the wire from the pool side, not the j-box (i.e. from pool/niche towards the j-box). You mean I should just put a glob in the niche, so it gets pushed in as I feed the wire, correct?

No, it's not.

Thanks for the info @Mdragger88 ! A couple more Qs: Do I push that glob down from the junction box? Add water to help it travel down? Should I keep coating the wire as it gets fed through the niche? Yes, I do! I had that attached when I pulled the broken light wire out. Any suggestions for a...

I have a long run (~130 ft) to pull a globrite wire. I want to use lube to facilitate the pull. A couple of questions: - What lube should I use? - How should I use it? I've done a bit of research and this is what I found: I see folks recommending Liquid Dawn, others some 3M product. I was...

OK, I built the contraption and it worked! A few inches at a time, it was slow and painful, but we finally got the whole wire out with our string still attached to it. Phew! Total length of string is about 120 ft, so I'll need to purchase the 150 ft version as replacement. One thing I noticed...

The other end has a piece of string 3 ft into the conduit, so I'm afraid very limited pushing action there. My wife is there to ensure the string gets fed into the conduit "freely" (i.e. without catching anything on its way and adding resistance to the pull).