terry1•4d ago

Saw a fiberglass fish tape snap on a job in Austin back in 2017 and I still think about it

Was pulling through a 2 inch conduit under a new strip mall, about 80 feet of line. The tape went taut, then just broke clean in half. Shoved my hand back into the pull box and got fiberglass splinters so bad I had to go to urgent care. Switched to steel tape the next week. Anyone else ditch fiberglass after a bad break?

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janaw114d ago

I switched to steel tape after a similar incident in 2019 running cable through a 4 inch PVC under a parking lot. The fiberglass tape snapped at about 50 feet and sent splinters into my thumb that took days to dig out. Steel tape has been way more reliable and no more splinters, been using it ever since.

jakegarcia4d ago

Yeah steel can kink more easily though if you're not careful with it.