How To Run Electrical Wires Through Studs

On behalf of EZ Electrical System Solutions, thank you for featuring our EZ GUARD, Scott!

We wanted to make sure everyone knows that the EZ GUARD is UL listed in the U.S. (UL 2239) & Canada (CSA-C22.2 No. 18.4-15).

One of the many tests the EZ GUARD was required to pass for UL certification was stopping a screw from penetrating a wire inside a wood stud. Even when a screw bites through the wood, 1/16" thick zinc-plated steel does its job. You can take UL's word for it!

The EZ GUARD also meets & exceeds NFPA 70 National Electrical Code 300.4 (Protection Against Physical Damage).

Thank you all for your warm response!

Used the EZ-gard’s on my garage project to route horizontal cabling thru 2×6 wall studs. A little extra expense, but a lot of wire length savings! They worked great!!!

I live in Thailand, common just to have cable stapled right to the interior, or exterior, of concrete walls.

In many countries running PVC cable through combustible studs is forbidden. One option is metallic conduit and the second option is homemade steel inserts from scrap pipes.

What is really surprising me that USA still use wood studs despite other countries went to metal studs many years ago.

Good ideas

I am a retired master electrician, I have run more wire than you have ever seen, this is ridiculous!!!

Perfect explanation! I had Johnson Electric and Controls wire up my place, and they made it look easy.

holes look close to outside wall. Seems like they would all fail.

Just use the metal face plates nailed over front and back of holes wire runs through

1 inch and a quarter? What about the distance from the other walL?????????
Is that 1.23" rule about the center of the drilled hole, or any part of it?
God help you if there is an interior wall that is built with 2x3s.

LOVE the insert! It also protects the Romex from the edges of the hole and removes a miserable raised spot for the drywall to cover.

Thanks for the video, needing to install a transfer switch in an unfinished garage… can a conduit go over the stud as per code? how close 2 holes can be drilled in a stud…is there code related to that as I have a romex running closer to that spot. thanks.

Good info. I don't like those hammer on plates though since they hold the drywall a good 1/8" off the stud in those spots. Love the Menards whole inserts instead.

I had not run across ez guards before… but there is no Menards in my state. These are a great idea: a long nail is going to hit the curved barrel and just deflect.

My romex cable shorted out right at the stud hole. Do i replace the entire length of the cord, or do i put a box on ether side of the stud & run them together?

“It doesn’t have any blowout on the backside” kekeke

Here in Sweden you have to be a licensed electrician to be allowed to run electrical cables inside walls.
You are not allowed to do it your self (if you are not licensed). Security reasons and insurance reasons.

People in Florida use scrap romex jackets to secure wire on the wall…

Ooh. I like the easy guards!

What if there is insulation in the wall behind the drywall? How would i get the Romax from the original outlet to the new location of the outlet?

1 1/4 + 1 1/4 from other side does not leave room for 1" hole since your "2×4" is only 3" wide this is why you should always have the plates you should be 1 1/4 minimum from the undisturbed side the put plates in the side you disturbed unless you can get those tubes

1 5/8 inch drywall screws are intended for double thick drywall on firewalls. if you're using these screws on single layer 1/2 inch drywall, go find a job flipping hamburgers.

Awesome, common sense for idiots like me…!

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Wow! These are really cool! I’ve seen other metal insert designs that just pop in, but these would work awesome in a remodel or especially a HT style room because the plastic bushing would help any sound related issues plus pretext the wires and maybe even have some efi interference blocking properties! 🎉very cool!

Thank you for this, your video answered my questions beyond the how to by identifying why and different safety factors

How dare you use a good product?? That might cost 30 dollars more a job. That makes it invisible to 99 percent of contractors.

To every person claiming they or someone they know penetrated a nail plate with a drywall screw, you're all lying and you know it. In order to penetrate a nail plate with a drywall screw, which is minimum 1/16" thick solid steel, one would have to drive the screw which would stop instantly once it hit the plate. Then, knowing they've hit something while the screw continues to spin, they'd have to continue drilling/driving and pushing hard on the back of the screw gun for ate least 5- 8 seconds, probably longer than 10 seconds, during which time the drywall screw tip, which is softer and more brittle than a nail plate, will have dulled down to a flat tip. Maybe, eventually, it would penetrate but unlikely given the laws of physics. I hear all the time people claiming they or someone they know easily penetrated a nail plate. Liars all. Neither you or your supposed friend did, unless you're such a brainless goof that you kept pushing and pushing until 10-15 seconds later the screw went in. Typical online bs. Drywall screws do not penetrate nail plates. It's a fact. Feel free to post a video proving me wrong, if it's so easy to do. I won't hold my breath.

Well you got that right with the Chicago thing and I like your stuff but I know you don’t know how to run conduit

Perfect. I need to do this. You’re seriously a very good educator

I am an electrician also,He is right on Target,thumbs up😅

Very Good