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I'm supposed to put a smoke right there...
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They left a string there for you to tie it too, what's the problem?:jester:
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Could you put a blank octagon cover with a 1/2" knock out and put a stub of pipe down to a box? Similar to an industrial exit sign set up?
Just pull your lines long enough for the terminations.
Just pull your lines long enough for the terminations.
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Those conduits were obviously put in by electricians. Electricians don't care about any low voltage guys stuff...................... Yuck yuck....
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If its 8 foot to the bottom of the conduits your probably good doing the pendant thing that the Modifier suggested.
If not, get an octagon cover with a 1/2 in knockout in it. Use a 90* BX connector and run a short piece of MC cable over to a better spot.
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Reverse clamp another unistrut to those two conduits and set your smoke to another box right below where it is supposted to go. Just nobody here tell Dennis I said to do this, because he will start protesting about supporting anything from electrical conduits......... If he does though , I will step in and show him how the electrical conduits are supported by the smoke detector , not the other way around...
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Yep. This is the basement / parking garage elec room.
Most houses are slab on grade because the water table is so high after a few years you would have a swimmin hole fer a basement. This parking garage is above ground and the building it on top of that. It's a four inch to six inch pour over corrugated steel.
Talking to the core drilling guys they told me the whole building has moved 8 inches to the south and 2 inches east since it has been built.
I had to figure that into my calculations when I drilled a test hole for our riser wires to the FACP. I missed the mark by 1/2 inch.
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I could use allthread and screw on some unistrut nuts to bolt to the top unistrut. Then box it and install it.
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I was going to suggest wiremold round junction box over that octagon and wiremold along the ceiling to your better spot.
For the pendant mount, you could use these
https://www.garvinindustries.com/co...s-device-rings/swivel-fixture-device-hangers/
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Any chance you can loosen the strut strap and scoot it over enough to get the device in. looks like big pipe so prob not , maybe octagon cover w/ 1/2 ko small piece of bx sheathing to surface mounted bx.
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Right after this thread everyone, and I mean everyone was kicked off the job because the owners ran out of money. It was finally finished by another completely different contractor a few years later and we weren't invited which was FINE BY ME.
This was the job from hell. Ever try to put a fire door magnetic holder on a wall that ain't there?
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