Patent ID: 6217006
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: H02G

Abstract:
A method for one person to feed a fishtape through a conduit into an electrical circuit panel box remotely located from a point of infeed of the fishtape into the conduit and electrically insulating the fishtape from contact with live electrical wires at the electrical circuit panel box, including the steps of:a) placing a translucent closed ended tubular device onto a first end of an empty conduit extending within the electrical circuit panel box;b) going to a location remote from the electrical circuit panel box and then feeding a fishtape through a second end of the conduit until the fishtape hits the translucent closed ended tubular device positioned at the first end of the conduit;c) visually inspecting the translucent closed ended tubular device within the electrical circuit panel box to locate the fishtape; andd) removing the translucent closed ended tubular device that contains the fishtape, whereby one person can feed a fishtape through the conduit until the fishtape hits the translucent closed ended tubular device without hitting any live wires located in the electrical circuit panel box, thereafter the person can then identify which conduit within the electrical circuit panel box contains the fishtape by visually inspecting the closed ended tubular threaded safety device.