CABLE REEL NIGHTMARE - Solved with the Runpotec Xboard 300 #shorts

A great little cable reel dispenses which can handle a 300kg drum of cable. The Runpotec xb300 (x-board 300) is the smaller relative of the Runpotec XB500 which we've reviewed on the channel before. Is this better than the traditional electrician's cable reel holder?

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[robswingler]

Seem great when you’re pulling off horizontally but how about when wiring lighting above you? Can’t imagine it would be great for that

[thattoolguy]

I finally bough the xb500 last month and what a tool .. had 80ish metres of 4c50mm on it and it never struggled

[Dog-whisperer]

Brilliant idea . Will save a bit of time when winding back on to the drum when you’re finished 👍.
Fantastic video guy’s as always
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[artemisargent]

Do you know what helps? Using a cable tie to hold the reel on either end of where you want it and another to hold the working end of the cable to that bar using the holes in it. It will work if you do it right

[forwarduntodawn]

I can so relate lol! Physical pain when u start seeing the cable or in my case air ext. hose mess up like that.

[alunroberts]

I used to use a 1980s stand on twiste exercise platform was not much use for exercise but dump a cable real on it all good.

[Skelton]

Can I put multiple drums of single cables, stacked upon each other or will they fall off on top off each other

[rocketgirl]

The heavy breathing in the background is pretty much the noise I make when watching your videos.

[bigsyd]

Well thanks for that..£140+ for something else I don’t need..arrived today and first impressions it’s very well made

[dancrawford]

This looks like it only works if you have a full drum of cable, what happens when it gets towards the end and its lighter, will it not just pull off the device?

[kittsdiy]

Have one in the van .. absolutly worth every penny ..and space safer in my small van .

[markthomas]

Hi There. Thank you for all over your videos, they are very helpful..
It’s not uncommon to pull multiple cables from drums onto cable tray, how many drums can fit on this puller.

[acespark]

Can it do more than one coil or will it just fall over, this is of cause when I have modified it with a brush handle so I can stack 'em up 😁

[oyleyhands]

I bought a similar item, just cannot remember the name now, was ok with one drum., ok for domestic.Not great if pulling a cable from floor level in a commercial/industrial situation to overhead cable tray.. horses for courses. In reality, I found cables are pulled off much slower anyway.
Best I have used are Rackateers, sold under various names such as Hellerman, Super Rod. with the correct metal tube, one often used for tubular hand rails, I could fit six five hundred metre drums on the rackateers, RG59, Belden 8723 and 3183Y.
Those were when CCTV cameras were CVBS, Signal, Data and Power.
Also they can be used as a saw bench, and a seat !!
They are not limited to one tube either, smaller and lighter cables can be accomodated on different levels.
Before Rackateers were around I used an item I knocked up on a job many years ago and, they also work, and cheap.
Cut a triangle of, back in those days, 3/4" ply, 20" sides, two pieces of 3"x2" screwed vertically to the upright triangles, flat at the bottom, shaped as the triangle at the top.
Then bore a hole through the triangle and the 3"x2 to suit the tube section used, no need for any bases as as soon as you insert the tube through the above pieces, everything stays upright, plus, easy to store flat.
Cost... nothing but time as always bits of off cuts and a few screws laying around on site !
I used the above for years, I'm convinced Rackateers copied the basic design ...🤣😁

[ylberlujkaj]

Cool. But if you are using optical fiber drop cable this won't work. 🙂

[Big-T-]

I can see this getting messy when wiring multiple circuits at once.

[HeathenGeek]

I would fkn luuurrrve one of them. . . there's been one on my eBay watchlist for AGES !

And it will stay there because, quite frankly, fk paying 126 quid for a cable reeler

other than that, awesome af 🙂🙂🙂

[paullarratt]

I have one x 500 and they are fantastic it works well with super heavy armoured too I had 100 meters 25 mm 5 core no problem. Defentaly the best cable roller I have had. Also double stacking drums of cable works excellent too

[electrojessy]

Well we have more heavy rolls of cable from wood ore plastic they never do that lol

[ahsiprodruction]

I am a electrition I want work in abroad plz help me