Just for the sake of argument, let's say no ceiling was to cover it up. Who besides an electrician would ever look up and say "Wow, that is some really nice looking, professionally installed EMT up there. I'm sure glad they didn't put a ceiling there so I could gaze at it all day long. Kudos to the installer."
i'm sure no one else will notice it. but chirst, i post it on here cause i take pride in my work and wanted to show it off a bit. mabey i shouldnt because its a waste of time?
In the first picture of the second posts why were the pipes offset instead of going straight thru? Was the space limited on the other side of the wall.
yes, limited space. that run ends up going over a cafeteria with loads of obstructions in the way and ends up in a data center with something to the effect of 38 inches of space for the conduits.
I like the work is there a reason for the compression couplings on the 3 inch? I just got done with a job that was spect out for compression everywhere. Man do I hate compression.
In Chicago Compression fittings are required in plenum areas. Only time I like compression is when I'm using a Vac to suck a line, any other time I prefer set-screw.
Nice looking work. To bad we work in the most thankless trade in the industry.
Sometimes after spending weeks and weeks running pipe, I look at and think to myself, "why?"
We use compression on navfac and corps of engineers jobs as a spec but I think it's what our company prefers to get. I've tightened set screw couplings so tight that the conduit gets indented. Maybe they are concerned about wire skinning out when you pull the wire. Cooper makes the best compression fittings. Im disappointed in the American workers that make compression fittings that we use on govt. Jobs. I'd hate compression if I broke in with a lot of the crap out there right now
Man I was noticing the same thing. When I 1st broke in the trade the comp. couplings were fine. Now they seem like crap. I figured with the down economy they had stopped maintaining the machinery that makes them.
Sometimes I'd rather use comp coplings. Right now we're using set screw and it's pretty annoying grabbing some and 35% of them are missing their screw.
Man I was noticing the same thing. When I 1st broke in the trade the comp. couplings were fine. Now they seem like crap. I figured with the down economy they had stopped maintaining the machinery that makes them.
Sometimes I'd rather use comp coplings. Right now we're using set screw and it's pretty annoying grabbing some and 35% of them are missing their screw.
I've been getting a lot lately where the threads are bad and the screw is on an angle, gets expensive when you are tossing away 4 inch couplings because of it. Thomas and betts fittings too. Also been getting batches of couplings where some are missing the insulator on the throat. Not to mention some of the screws sometimes on the same fitting will not accept any screwdrivers because they are so poorly machined.
I've been getting a lot lately where the threads are bad and the screw is on an angle, gets expensive when you are tossing away 4 inch couplings because of it. Thomas and betts fittings too. Also been getting batches of couplings where some are missing the insulator on the throat. Not to mention some of the screws sometimes on the same fitting will not accept any screwdrivers because they are so poorly machined.
Ive worked at a high security govt facility and they spec'd comp fittings because they were afraid "people" would slip microphones or cameras or something in there. They also had us put lb condolettes and c condolettes on both sides of fire rated walls then back fill them with spray foam.
has anyone notice the length of the couplings and connectors for EMT conduit? Can they make them any shorter, you can barely fit the channels on them and your at the center of the coupling. You use the standard, trade size hole saw and the connector falls thru the hole.
MRI rooms use RF filters which employ some chokes.
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