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We do things a little differently to you and use different materials but the short answer is yes.
Slightly longer answer is that we use very little conduit / pipe in domestic installations but it's very common in commercial and industrial sectors.
 
Plumbers use pipe

electricians use conduit
or tube.? ?

we tend to use trunking for the multiple cables, dropping down in conduit for each accessory. i understand that Americans tend to use multiple runs of conduit.
 
good hardwood pipes are for smoking. bent pipes are a wet-pants problem.
 
Plumbers use pipe

electricians use conduit
Really I didn’t know that
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Americans use EMT
Not always Mainly in industrial applications @pc1966
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or tube.? ?

we tend to use trunking for the multiple cables, dropping down in conduit for each accessory. i understand that Americans tend to use multiple runs of conduit.
@telectrix If we are installing a parallel run of conduit like 3000 amps yes we run multiple conduits unless the customer wants tray cable
 
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omg the arrogance of my trade, I swear. never ONCE did I say i didnt know how to bend pipe. I was asking people IN OTHER COUNTRIES how common is it.

Second... its not "conduit" its PIPE. if you commonly call emt, "conduit" instead of Pipe, thats your problem. we are in different parts of the planet and people use different terminology. however, 'conduit' can include PVC or MC
when you say "can you bend pipe" everyone knows what that is
 
omg the arrogance of my trade, I swear. never ONCE did I say i didnt know how to bend pipe. I was asking people IN OTHER COUNTRIES how common is it.

Second... its not "conduit" its PIPE. if you commonly call emt, "conduit" instead of Pipe, thats your problem. we are in different parts of the planet and people use different terminology. however, 'conduit' can include PVC or MC
when you say "can you bend pipe" everyone knows what that is

I don't think people are being arrogant on here. Perhaps if you made it clearer what you were saying/asking/wanting to know, rather than just putting 'can you bend pipe?' and leaving it at that.
 
Joe sparky yes your terminology is very much different , I do find the American / North American/ Canadian way of doing things quite interesting...

conduit , pipe , tube ITS all the same thing

probably the biggest noticeable differences that I have seen is you use a foot bender we use a vice bender and you use screw couplers we use threaded couplers...
 
In Northern Ireland and I think Southern Ireland in domestic we use PVC pipe. Into every box. Never ever used capping etc. No idea why but the rest of the UK seem to not have to use it. Anyone know the reason?
 
omg the arrogance of my trade, I swear. never ONCE did I say i didnt know how to bend pipe. I was asking people IN OTHER COUNTRIES how common is it.

Second... its not "conduit" its PIPE. if you commonly call emt, "conduit" instead of Pipe, thats your problem. we are in different parts of the planet and people use different terminology. however, 'conduit' can include PVC or MC
when you say "can you bend pipe" everyone knows what that is
Welcome to the forum joesparky
 
Welcome.
I think some of this was intended as humor but did not work out as funny.
Incidentally I looked up a bit more on the USA stuff after @Megawatt comment and found this stuff, fantastic:
@pc1966 you just taught me something new. I didn’t know that they even made different colors of conduit.
 
In Northern Ireland and I think Southern Ireland in domestic we use PVC pipe. Into every box. Never ever used capping etc. No idea why but the rest of the UK seem to not have to use it. Anyone know the reason?
1 of the reasons is DEPTH. capping or oval tube can be buried plaster depth. 20mm round conduit requires chasing into brick.
 
1 of the reasons is DEPTH. capping or oval tube can be buried plaster depth. 20mm round conduit requires chasing into brick.

Yes but why ?

Why do we make it harder for ourselves and ensure every single track etc is conduited. I've been asked and have asked it of other Northern Irish sparks for years and no one knows. Just that if you attempted to not use it here you would be laughed off site
 
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