easier to get the right conduit. and why white? bloody eyrsore. black is more appropriate.
Every brand of conduit I've used has had the make and size printed along it - typically about once a meter. I try and put the printing at the back where it's not visible when I fit it.
As to fitting vs forming ... Well that's a tricky one. I agree that well formed bends and sets look waaaay tidier than a load of bends and short bits of pipe. But on the other hand, making well formed bends and sets is an art form in itself and I would imagine a novice would need "a few attempts and some spare pipe" during the learning process (especially doing it free-form with a spring). I don't consider myself very good at it
As mentioned, give the pipe a good rub (to warm it) before bending, and bend it well past where you want it to stay as it will spring back considerably.
As to fitting vs forming ... Well that's a tricky one. I agree that well formed bends and sets look waaaay tidier than a load of bends and short bits of pipe. But on the other hand, making well formed bends and sets is an art form in itself and I would imagine a novice would need "a few attempts and some spare pipe" during the learning process (especially doing it free-form with a spring). I don't consider myself very good at it
As mentioned, give the pipe a good rub (to warm it) before bending, and bend it well past where you want it to stay as it will spring back considerably.
As much as the hate a plumber on here extends, they have their own problems in that each manufacturer of plumbing fittings make then all a slightly different size so not that easy to co-ordinate fittings to fit together, and then we have tried to fit plumbing pipe into conduit fittings, will this madness ever end. LOL
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If it is being used externally it should be black.
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That won't make it compliant as an electrical conduit though, it is manufactured to a different BS and made from a different material.
I did use plumbers pipe once myself. For running CCTV along the front of my own house. I’ve got a bay window, and the plumbers pipe come with 45’ bends.
Please please please can we see a pic of that...
Somewhat inventive to say the least, DIY job was it?
I'm not sure, but all the wiring on the, rather large, site was installed to a similar standard. Thank goodness the place is now permanently closed and I believe the buyer of the site intends to knock most of the buildings down.
If you must......
Yes, I just left the ends open. Bad of me.
Built it up with the cable inside already, and it’s glued. The bends have a corner inside them, rather than a sweeping smooth run.
Only for ELV and cctv signal.
Going off at a tangent ...
Interestingly I've noticed that for galv conduit, you can get solid (non-inspection) bends, elbows, and tees. I'm thinking that threading stuff through conduit with non-inspection tees could be "interesting"
Interestingly I've noticed that for galv conduit, you can get solid (non-inspection) bends, elbows, and tees. I'm thinking that threading stuff through conduit with non-inspection tees could be "interesting"
Solid bends and elbows have always been about a tee seems odd but have just seem them online. How would you wire a tee and guarantee it went the correct way.
Hope you allowed a degree or two for gravity flow...
use string and a henry. suck from the place you want it to come out, with any othe outlets plugged or taped over,.
Just a tip , when you get your spring attach a bit of singles looped quite long on the end, so when you have made a set you can pull the spring out.
and a bit of fairy liquid on the spring.
Cheap LED sticky tape stuck to the underside of my pipe from #54.... bathe the front of the house in blue for Thursdays clapping for nhs
It’s 3 colour, RBG.... can fade or jump between the colours, or change in time to music.... but the mic and controller are inside. I’d need a speaker inside and out to get the effect
I’ve got a wife for that, tel
First time uploading a video direct from my phone. Fingers crossed.
They want a rainbow in the window.....
They want a rainbow in the window.....
Thank God I am not your neighbour you realise you are devaluing their properties
BS
If anything, I’m increasing their values...
You should see it at xmas time...
Now try telling my kids they MUST draw a rainbow for the windows.... not a chance.
Trampolines, hot tubs and accent lighting is a sure way to devalue the neighbourhood.
No trampoline or hot tub. My back garden is on a slope, so water would spill out, or the kids would bounce out onto the main road.
yes. I wasn’t keen on running those lights out.... but it’s for the kids.
They won’t last long... not entirely IP rated for a start.
Down south, we use olive oil...
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You should see it at Christmas !!
Thanks I’ve ordered some 20mm conduit. It’s to run some 10mm twin and earth from the CCU to the garage CCU as the guy who converted the garage into a room just left the old 1.5mm SWA cable in. But my uncle who is a spark of 50 years said that’s no good. So the SWA is coming out and the T&E going in it’s place. We’ve done the cable calcs so 10mm is fine. The reason we couldn’t fit SWA is the room where the CCU is has been fully refurbished and decorated. We managed to fit the T&E before the was put in.
Now would I need to buy some draw tape or is there another method for the bends? As the T&E goes down the conduit fine as it’s less than a metre between the house and garage.
Thanks
Now would I need to buy some draw tape or is there another method for the bends? As the T&E goes down the conduit fine as it’s less than a metre between the house and garage.
Thanks
Stick your vacuum cleaner on the end and blow/suck a draw string through, and use that to pull the T&E or use the SWA to pull a string through when you take it out.
I would be using 25mm for 10.0 T&E.
20mm White PVC conduit.
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I’ve bought the bits now. It’s just the bends that are a bit tricky. But I think that goes for anything other than singles and CAT5E. Plus it’s little hard to take them back given the current situation.
You will find it nigh on impossible to pull a 10.0 T&E through that.
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