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General Slang
Fish tape
· noun · construction
Flexible spring-steel ribbon used to snake wires through walls and conduit.
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A long coil of springy steel (or fiberglass) ribbon stored on a reel. You feed it through a conduit run or wall cavity until it pops out the other end, hook your wires to it, and pull them back through. Core electrician tool — if you've ever wired up an old house, you've cursed at one.
“Push the fish tape from the panel side, I'll grab it when it comes out the box.”
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Fish tape In A Sentence
Push the fish tape from the panel side, I'll grab it when it comes out the box.
Origin & Usage
Named for the action — 'fishing' wires through inaccessible spaces.
People Also Ask
What is fish tape?
It's a flexible spring-steel ribbon used to snake wires through walls and conduit.
How do you use fish tape in a sentence?
"The electrician ran the fish tape through the conduit to pull the cable."
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