Install 20 feet of wire in an unfinished space - electricity.straw.20unfinished PEP BB

I’m installing 5 sockets in my basement. They’re installed in a new stud wall put up by me to help insulate the basement.

The cable runs for 7.7m / 25ft through two rooms. (19 studs at 16 inch spaces).

Here are my images with descriptions of work carried out


Here is the first room before I did any work:


Second room after I put up a vapour barrier and studs.


Code compliant holes drilled through the studs using a 3/4 inch drill bit on centre.


Cable installed in first room


Cable installed in second room






7.7m of wire

You can also see two green lights on the socket tester


Code compliant 14 gauge wire

Hey PEP-folks,

This is the wire-pulling that accompanied the 220V outlet installation documented in this BB. I spooled out and cut 4 strands of 10AWG at 70ft, and ended up trimming ~6ft off the ends after the pull. The linear wall space was about 50ft, with the up-and-down accounting for the rest. I ran it from the existing shop panel along two walls, through a couple studs, and mostly supported it using wire clips. As mentioned in the other BB, one of the goals was to spend no money and to use old stock. This goal was accomplished, I am glad to say. It did mean that some of the materials were a little nonstandard, like using the photovoltaic 10AWG wire.

Happy homesteading!
Mark

[The Edit button was not on for the BB flagged as edge case, sorry about the new reply.]

Thanks for your concern, and I did not show the grade marking on the wire, but as you see below it is UL-listed RHW-2 / USE-2, and if you consult NFPA 70 Table 310.15(B)(6) Conductor Types and Sizes for 120/240-Volt, 3-Wire, Single-Phase Dwelling Services and Feeders, you will indeed find RHW-2 listed right along with THHN/TWHN (which is what most people will buy at Home Depot as single-conductor wire).

Your electrician friend can rest easy (and is indeed welcome to talk shop! I am a licensed electrician too, in AZ.)
Regards,
Mark