Electrical conduit pipe
Electrical conduit pipe
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I was looking at this product on Lowes web site:
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Common-1-in-Actual-1-In-M...
From the info given, I have no clue as to the wall thickness or the material grade used (as the specs mean nothing to me). Lowes (of course) couldn't help. Can anyone tell me the info I need from this? Thanks.
EDIT: To save you a look....it says (as far as specs go):
Type EMT
UNSPSC 39131700
Have no clue what that means.
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Common-1-in-Actual-1-In-M...
From the info given, I have no clue as to the wall thickness or the material grade used (as the specs mean nothing to me). Lowes (of course) couldn't help. Can anyone tell me the info I need from this? Thanks.
EDIT: To save you a look....it says (as far as specs go):
Type EMT
UNSPSC 39131700
Have no clue what that means.
RE: Electrical conduit pipe
All is VP tubing now a days.
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RE: Electrical conduit pipe
RE: Electrical conduit pipe
RE: Electrical conduit pipe
Our other poster beat me to the keyboard on sizing. Imperial measurements (inch): Wall thickness 0.057 (ID 1.049, OD 1.163) for nominal "1 inch" pipe.
Tubing is typically mild steel (0.05 to 0.25% carbon, by weight ... think AISI 1018, for example) with galvanized coating to prevent surface corrosion. My best guess is that the original sheet is cold-rolled, with subsequent forming and welding to create the final "tube".
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RE: Electrical conduit pipe
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RE: Electrical conduit pipe
RE: Electrical conduit pipe
EMT shall be manufactured in diameters that make threading with standard pipe threading tools impracticable.
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RE: Electrical conduit pipe
RE: Electrical conduit pipe
Can only find one in Swedish, there are different systems but it is standard in sizes etc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmDweu82jnc
And one in Norwegian.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ILpUdxIvSo
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“Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.“
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RE: Electrical conduit pipe
RE: Electrical conduit pipe
RE: Electrical conduit pipe
Tugboat,
Please explain the difference.
RE: Electrical conduit pipe
RE: Electrical conduit pipe
The plastic ones you could bend with a bending feather and they where easy to cut and assemble.
Now whit the flexible ones that isn't needed any more.
You still would have to take care of taking any sharp edge of the same as a metal one though, you could damage the cables if unlucky.
I am mostly surprised that US and as it seems Canada still uses metal conduit pipes for new build of houses, industrial and large non housing complexes have other types of cable runways depending on other things.
I can't really find anything that would make metal ones better then using "plastic" ones.
VP flexible is easier and faster to assemble.
They can't burn with a open flame of course that can not happen with a metal one either.
VP:s do not need to be earthed.
They can't lead current.
You can't hammer a nail trough them because they are not fixed so they just moves a way.
The same goes for most screws to.
They are surely cheaper then metal ones.
They do not rust.
So all in all whit the price and installation cost and everything else why us anything else.
Best Regards A
“Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.“
Albert Einstein
RE: Electrical conduit pipe
I doubt that EMT could be upset-threaded in a size that would take standard locknuts. It sounds like a lot of wasted time and money to render the EMT unfit for use with quick, cheap and easy set screw fittings.
Redsnake: Conduit is not used in small residential construction. NMD-9, Non-Metalic-Dry, cable is used for small residential.
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Ohm's law
Not just a good idea;
It's the LAW!
RE: Electrical conduit pipe
I am counting on you correcting me if I am wrong.
When I am looking for NMD-9 on the net I only find shoes?!
If the cables are put outside of the wall they are always metal shielded too, not for earthing but because they need to be stiff enough to not hang down between the cable clamps.
Non metallic shielded cables are only used for appliances and then they need to be dubble insolated.
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RE: Electrical conduit pipe
RE: Electrical conduit pipe
RE: Electrical conduit pipe
If this is the one they would not be allowed for anything here, maybe low voltage 12VDC for LED lights.
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RE: Electrical conduit pipe
One note to keep in mind is that Europe has RoHS which excludes a lot of durable and fire resistant materials from use such as PVC which may deter the use of exposed cable.
RE: Electrical conduit pipe
It does not work with our level of design and it isn't stylish enough.
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RE: Electrical conduit pipe
RE: Electrical conduit pipe
Well it's obviously different strategies.
Well as I sad before we don't use metal conduits for other buildings either.
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RE: Electrical conduit pipe
You use metallic conduit in commercial settings as being more protected and more adaptable to future modifications.
The Romex you use in residential you protect from nails by using these plates if the wire is closer than 1-1/4" from the wall covering:
Keith Cress
kcress - http://www.flaminsystems.com
RE: Electrical conduit pipe
That sample may look like telephone wire but the conducyors are solid, #14 AWG and rated for 15 Amps.
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Ohm's law
Not just a good idea;
It's the LAW!
RE: Electrical conduit pipe
Of course the difference is that ours in tubes or flex tube is secured from nails, screws, drills through the whole wall.
And you can change or put in more cables when you like.
I suppose you use the old cable to pull a new one in if you need to exchange it.
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