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I have this outside conduit for my internet copper cable and internet fiber. And I guess one of the wires is electrical power? It is mounted on my outside wall, high-up and hard to reach by ladder, even.

The conduit has this waterhead mounted on to it, that feeds the cables.

I need it to accommodate one more cable.

Can I punch out one more circular tab? They seem very sturdy? Do they need drilling? or punching from the back?

How do I remove the whole plastic sub-assembly from the metal spout?

spout

UPDATE

The other side of the conduit looks like this:

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That's a weatherhead (as already mentioned in a comment) and you don't generally "remove the whole thing" (it should be glued on) you remove the top of it - in your case, apparently by removing the two screws at the sides, then lifting it off (mine snap off and on, to the best of my recall.)

If it has your "internet copper" in it, there should be no line voltage power in it, so verifying what the third cable actually is, is going to be required, and correcting it (removing it from this conduit) if it is line voltage power would be required before doing anything else with it.

The knockouts are there to run cables or wires through, so you can open one up to add a cable, once you've eliminated the possibility that there is line voltage on one of the cables. That might involve a hammer, a hammer and a punch, a utility knife, or a drill. If cutting or drilling, make sure you don't damage cables already in place.

If it's hard to reach even from a ladder, you need a bigger ladder, or you should rent a manlift, or staging, or some other means to safely access it. Emergency room visits and funerals are both expensive.

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