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Drill Pilot Hole for Wiring

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DAY IN THE LIFE OF A 24 YEAR OLD ELECTRICIAN - INSTALLING A CHARGEPOINT EV CHARGER IN TOUGH BASEMENT

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What happens here

The electrician confirms the pilot hole location by 'tapping' from the basement side, creating an audible signal for his partner in the garage. Once confirmed, a pilot hole is drilled from the garage wall at the exact location for the new wiring to pass through. This ensures accurate placement of the wire conduit and subsequent electrical components. The chosen location will allow for future conduit installation to connect the electrical panel to the charger's junction box. The specific wire planned for this installation is 6/3 Romex, rated for 50 amps, and it will connect to a NEMA 1450R outlet.

Goal: Create a pilot hole for routing the main electrical wire

Tools and materials

  • Drill Bit — Creating the pilot hole
  • Power Drill Milwaukee — Drilling the pilot hole
  • 6/3 Romex Wire — Main power supply for the EV charger

What they say

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Nice. Put those back tiles in. Okay. Yo, ready? I'm going to tap here. Wait. You hear this? Yeah. Perfectly. You can come right there. Yeah. You're open here. ready. Yeah, you're good. I'll just Yeah, you're good. All right, guys. Here's our pilot hole. We had to make a pilot hole from the basement. That gives us a good, you know, idea of where to come out. Going to run our conduit all across here to the charger. Going to run 63 ROMX. 63 ROMX wire right here. Rated for 50 amps. Nemo 1450R outlet level two charger go there. Wire tub from Racketeers. Man, this thing is nice. Pulls the wire out. Nice. Okay, these are from Racketeers, too. XL wire dispenser. We're going to use those for the thhn wire, but this is going to be for the ROMX. Pulls it out nice and easily like this. Yeah, this thing's nice. Wire tub. Shout out

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