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Yes overflow pipe, but if you must use it, asa it is thick walled I have successfully turned it down at the end by putting a mandrel inside and turning it on an electric drill with some sandpaper or file, gets you out of a problem if needs be.
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 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
 
Because I have white pvc windows and doors and a white iron gate. So black would stick out.

If it is being used externally it should be black.
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Yes overflow pipe, but if you must use it, asa it is thick walled I have successfully turned it down at the end by putting a mandrel inside and turning it on an electric drill with some sandpaper or file, gets you out of a problem if needs be.

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.
 
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.
 
Please please please can we see a pic of that...
If you must......
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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" :confused:
 
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.
 
I guess you'd need a bit of a set on the end of your tape - and keep the tape the right way round. I'd be more concerned about getting past the inevitable edges to get into the next tube.
 
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.
use string and a henry. suck from the place you want it to come out, with any othe outlets plugged or taped over,.
 

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