Pre-wire help!!!

[Matty333]

We are building a new home and using a company the builder is comfortable with as they are used to having them on site, know the building staff, etc.

I told them I wanted to future proof the living room all the way up to Atmos even though will be starting out at 5.1 5.2. Also ran some wires upstairs to a room we are going to be using as a media room. Other than that no too much else as we're not concerned with other places (please no rips about how I should have some the backyard, etc ))

He is telling me he can do all the Atmos wiring but because the way the home is configured and meeting code, etc, he can not use the normal conduit he uses as it can not make he sharp turns that are required in this particular build. Thus, all the electronics will have to be housed in furniture under the television.

We would have liked t have had the option to put it in a closet, another room or under the TV.

May question is does this sound accurate? I suppose it's no THAT big a deal as we were planning on putting some piece of furniture there in the living room anyway, but I wanted to see if you guys know any work around when the conduit use is minimized by sharp turns, etc,

I want to make sure I am being given accurate information.

Thoughts please and thanks in advance.

Matt

 

[adk highlander]

Well I'm not sure why you would need to put the speaking wiring in conduit but if you feel you must then you can use smurf tube.

Yes it is called smurf tube.

 

[Matty333]

From what the installer told me it's not that the conduit won't go '90...I think it can....it's more of a case of getting the wire through it.

 

[adk highlander]

If you put a pull string in it then you should be able to pull speaker wire of the 14ga variety. I would not want to pull and HDMI cable or romex but speaker wire or Cat6 should not be an issue as it is flexible enough. I've pulled Cat6 50 ft in a buried conduit to my garage that had a few sharp turns without issue.

I guess I'm not sure now what your issue is. If you are doing all the pre-wiring and home run to where you want to put the gear it should not matter if it is a cabinet below the TV or a closet/basement etc. Are you trying to just put conduit in and pull wires later?

 

[jkgsxr]

Had they already given you a price on this when they told you where they "had to " put the wires? Sounds like they just want to do what is easiest for them, or do what they priced it as.

 

[jkgsxr]

Well I'm not sure why you would need to put the speaking wiring in conduit but if you feel you must then you can use smurf tube.

Yes it is called smurf tube.

We in the trades we call it "smurf tube" but it's actual name is ent, electrical nonmetallic tubing, I have seen some supply house workers look at u cross eyed when u ask for "smurf tube".

 

[Rickster71]

From what the installer told me it's not that the conduit won't go '90...I think it can....it's more of a case of getting the wire through it.

Your electrician is correct.
360 degrees is the max total sum of all bends in a conduit run.
To simplify things, it works under the same principle as a horse bridle wrapped around a hitching post.
One wrap around will bind things and it won't pull off.

If you have a basement and/or attic, that's a good place to run wires horizontally, instead of in walls.