Digital Level
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Works pretty damn good.
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If you use a digital level... that tells me you have way too much time on your hands.. :no::no:
What are you going to do if it is off 2 degrees.. try and level it or say 'good enough"....
You would never see the 2 degrees on a bubble level and you would think the job is perfect....
Time is money and that 2 degrees is worth absolutely nothing unless you are building a space shuttle.. :thumbsup:
What are you going to do if it is off 2 degrees.. try and level it or say 'good enough"....
You would never see the 2 degrees on a bubble level and you would think the job is perfect....
Time is money and that 2 degrees is worth absolutely nothing unless you are building a space shuttle.. :thumbsup:
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If it looks level.:thumbsup:
There are times when you build a service and main on the side of a house with lap siding or even brick.
You level your chit and it looks like crap because the lap siding or brick mortar lines are not level. So now is the time I compromise.
Level is one thing, aesthetics is another.
There are times when you build a service and main on the side of a house with lap siding or even brick.
You level your chit and it looks like crap because the lap siding or brick mortar lines are not level. So now is the time I compromise.
Level is one thing, aesthetics is another.
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Actually 2° is a bit under 1/4"/foot
Slope Percent = (Amount of Rise / Amount of Run) x 100
2% = (.24 / 12 ) x 100
3/8ths woul be
(.375 / 12 ) x 100 = 3.125%
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http://www.sears.com/craftsman-digital-torpedo-level/p-00948295000P
Its craftsman.....I'll give it 4 out of 5 stars. Warranty on it is great! :thumbsup:
Its craftsman.....I'll give it 4 out of 5 stars. Warranty on it is great! :thumbsup:
I pretwist and then use wire nuts. Solder pots rule.
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A 2% slope is a bit under 1/4" per foot, but that is not the same as a 2° slope. A 2° is a 3.49% slope. A 2% slope is ~1.15° slope.
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Use the 9 or 10" Craftsman. :thumbsup:Just built three pump stations in shipping containers that were sitting in the back lot at my shop. Containers were nowhere near level. Set the level on the floor of the container and reset zero. Now level will read level when equipment is level in relation to floor. Also use it with my old 555 bender. A lot more accurate for bending degrees than looking at a bubble. Also trying to match a piece of conduit to a plant structure that is say 63 degrees from plumb. Never had that much accuracy with my old protractor or angle finder and degree marks on the bender.
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Big rigid pipe. 4" and 5" pipe needs some serious accuracy to thread together. If you can't get a good measurement you can't expect big pipe like that to fall together. Matching a duct bank that has big rigid in it requires accuracy because you don't have much room for error, there is usually cage in the way. Matching other pipe runs it also comes in handy, as well as following architectural details of a building.
Basically rigid pipe runs are easier with one.
Ever wonder why the big greenlee benders come with the crappy swinging version? Ever try to concentric bend big pipe? It is handy to have a consistent number to follow for every bend.
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OK so so far it comes down to matching unlevel conditions.
My old man had a two foot level with an adjustment for doing just that.
No battery needed, as accurate or more.
As far as measuring angles I use a another tool for that and again no battery needed. I have a 'No Dog' tool that.
My old man had a two foot level with an adjustment for doing just that.
No battery needed, as accurate or more.
As far as measuring angles I use a another tool for that and again no battery needed. I have a 'No Dog' tool that.
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Water level is the most accurate you can get . digital stuff is only a fancy toy .
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Crossed threads is better than no threads
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Not really, it comes down to what type of work you do. I do such a wide variety of non electriciany type stuff and weird civic and industrial type rigid jobs that they are very handy.
It comes in handy for matching levels, but it gives you an actual number you can use to bend rigid. I'm not sure how much rigid you do, but the stuff is expensive and you can't just "tweak" bends to get them where you want them like EMT. 5" and 6" rigid, safe to say, is RIGID.
Did it spit out a number? And I guarantee it isn't as accurate as the digital levels that are out now. Even the cheapy ones are pretty good, and the yellow german ones are insane. Ever run underground pipe or duct banks that need a fall for drainage into vaults? It is tough to figure out where 2 degrees is on an adjustable level. Need some fall on a xfmr or genset base for drainage? Digi level and a piece of strut.
I don't know what your other tool is, but you can't really measure each little bend of concentric bends with a no dog. If you are talking about the swining angle finder, those things are damn worthless. You know what else doesn't have a battery?
Keeping one of those in your tool bag old timer?
It really depends on what you do. If you are wiring houses and commercial store fronts, no real need. If you are wiring and remodeling concrete plants, installing 500kw gensets, 5 and 6" duct banks, doing pump stations with coated rigid, setting and building bases for and installing bigass pole lights, they are quite useful.
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