General
fish tape
What does fish tape mean?
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."
Origin
Named for the action — 'fishing' wires through inaccessible spaces.
Frequently asked questions
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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