I’m a second year and haven’t had much experience with it. What other kind of work have you been doing that you didn’t need to bend conduit? Do you have you apprentice do it? I’m afraid I’ll get ask to do all kinds of bends and not be able to do them so I bought some benders to practice, but conduit is way up in price.
Residential you don't use much conduit if any. Yeah conduit is up but if you skip your coffee at the local gas station every morning then by the end of the week you can buy a stick or two of conduit.
@@gustavocasas8654 most of my apprenticeship was industrial and used teck cable over conduit. Most jobs I was on we seldom used pipe and I was just never around it. Recently move been doing commercial and have had to bend a lot of pipe. Just learn a method and stick to it and eventually you’ll get the hang of it.
Thanks for the instructions. Complete beginner at bending EMT and I was able to do everything I needed for a non-electrical project. This is for a mobile arm support used in occupational therapy. Several bends at wonky angles creating intentional dog legs and it came out perfect. Thanks!
Thanks for the class, my friend, I just found it a little quick, I tried to watch the video slower but I couldn't, but the video was great. Congratulations !!!
and the longer the run, the harder it is to pull your wire through 4 90's. I agree, don't go with a full 360 in your run between boxes, I've heard a few electricians that have done it for a while say the same thing about using the 30 degree angle; it's easy to calculate and it definitely makes pulling wire more efficient, and it's all about efficiency! I'm also an IBEW member of the local 1141 in Oklahoma city. I'm a QC commercial Journeyman electrician. I was glad to become a member in March 26th of 2019. I'm glad I joined! We have a big sign in one of our halls that says "right to work is a ripoff". It really is; because it does not look out for the worker! Plus you have people negotiating wages and benefits for you!
This is most helpful after 4 + years off from my practice. I am rusty to say the least. One thing as a follow-up: I was trained to always use pencil to mark conduit on the premise that if somewhere down the road someone paints the conduit, a marker will bleed through whereas pencil won't. That being said, if future painting isn't an issue, and having quite visible black marks isn't either, I don't see why it hurts to use the marker. Thank you again; nicely done tutorial. . .
I'm a journeyman electrician and have never bent pipe but got a new job in commercial which I've never done or wanted to do. And I'm learning from this video as I type this lol
@Mountaineer Outdoors Dangerous Heavy Industrial stuff is pretty much all I've done for a long time, hence why I never learned pipe. I even took 2 years off and conducted trains for CNRail. A fair amount of people died doing that job that started around my time frame. But Thanks.
Thank you very much for posting this video I am having trouble with figuring out conduit bending my co workers won’t teach I am learning the hard way on my own.
Great video. Thanks for taking ur time to explain it patiently. I worked on conduit with my ex-fiancés father. The guy was a total asshole and control freak. I learned more from you in this 6 min video than working with that psycho.
This is my first time watching your videos I'm just getting into this pipe bending conduit bending and you have been very very helpful please send the Coast Guard chart video please
Say if your on a continuous run. If you have a obstruction what will your first mark acually be to clear it’s to you just measure up to it and then bend on your first mark ?
Although you might not have an issue with sharpie, it just looks poor on exposed conduit. Pencil can get rubbed off and just delivers a better product for the client. I love this guide though and thanks for taking the time out of your life to make this.
I didn't see in other videos why you put the first mark on 3 in, can you please tell me? I have a lot of issues with offsets & this helped A LOT. Thanks!
No real reason, it just keeps everything uniform and if you have to shorten anything up you can. Glad to hear that this helped you out. Thanks for the comment and watching ☺
Nice video - not overly complicated 👍🏽 If you want to take it a step further, you would also need to consider how far away the obstruction is from your last coupling/connector, and account for it + shrinkage in your first line, before making your second line at double the obstruction’s height. But again, great video
Most electricians are working for speed. You'll find that the majority of benders if you pull the handle straight up will give you a 30 degree bend. You're less likely to flatten the pipe or bow it by bending with the bender on the floor. It's also generally easier to avoid dog legs looking down on the bends. Don't get me wrong as I've bent plenty of pipe with the bender standing on the handle but on the floor is always faster expecially when you need multiple bends that are identical. Nice video though. History note. I got sent out to a job where they had a couple of cowboys doing all the pipe work. It was pretty work. They were proud and wanted to show it to me. We went into the mechanical room and there was a panel can with a whole rack of 1/2" pipe. The pipe came out and offset back to the wall. Went up four feet and there was a I-beam set out a few inches so they four point saddled around it. Went up almost to the ceiling where there was another beam and they offset out and the hooked a ninety to go out of the room with one last saddle before going out into the hall. I walked out into the hall and looking down the hallway I could see a ninety, two more four point saddles, another ninety and then the first pull box. None of the hallway was going to be accessible. I looked at these two guys and said do you have any idea how many 90's you can put in a run of pipe and still pull wire through it? In one of those I didn't know turkeys couldn't fly moments the guy said I thought you could pull wire through as many bends as you needed. Note. It was an entire rack of pipes.
Yes I agree with you on the floor. And that story boy I couldn't even imagine seeing that. What a nightmare. Back to the drawing board 😂 😂. I appreciate you watching and commenting ☺
Seems like it will be kind of tight to put a coupling right there. Maybe make a video showing how to bend an offset that passes the obstruction so that we can easily put a coupling on it. Great easy video
I appreciate you always watching. What bender do you have? My suggestion if yours doesn't have it get a protractor bend the pipe, use your protractor see where 10 degrees is and tweak it from there. Here is a protractor like I am referring to amzn.to/3tv2oUK
It's an old Appleton. I've had it for 40 years and never noticed the 10 degree mark missing lol. Been winging it. I will now mark it to make it more accurate. You brought me up to date.
Ridged conduit 3/4 and 1-inch gal with the threading machine, pony, vice, ban saw, 3 piece coupling. Chicago bender and sidewinder. More importantly, making everything level after the bend was too much or too little. Spinning the conduit on from hard to reach spots.
Question: so if let’s say from the fitting to the beginning of the obstruction is at 10 inches, would you mark 10 inches on the pipe and assuming the obstruction is 4 inches tall, you’d go 8 inches from the 10 inch mark?
That sounds correct. You also need to keep in mind that your pipe bend may run into your obstruction. So a 30 degree bend may not cut it may have to shoot for a 45.. All depends on the obstruction
I recently installed an outlet on a concrete wall and messed up the measurement to the outlet (short) because I didn’t calculate the 90 degree bend correctly. Would you make a video for that? I would appreciate it.
How and when do you start ‘seeing’ the conduit run? I have a few conduit runs I have to make at work and I constantly second guess myself. Thanks for the help
My thing is this.. It comes easy for some, for me it didn't. So I just jumped in both feet slammed some up and asked for criticism. Knowing that no matter what someone would have something to say. Good or bad I listened and didn't get mad, took what was said and used it on my next runs. Eventually I had alot of information stored and it became easier and easier. Main thing is this. Everyone does it different and there is several ways to get it done. Make it neat and as long as it gets from one end to the other and your happy with it, then it will work. Someone will always critique your work but don't sweat it.. Listen and learn
That's a fine lesson! But thsts not the bends guys really have a hard time with is the 2 inch offsets that I see them struggle with cause the 2x30° formula don't work and it becomes trial and error till you just don't so many of them that they just come natural
I got half-inch conduit coming off my shop lights on my ceiling to my back wall going to 90 on that back wall and dropping down into my breaker box how can I bend another run to go underneath that 90 on my back wall to drop down into my breaker box side-by-side? And just so you know these are all hung buy hangers off the ceiling
Question. So what if there is no obstruction I just need to angle the conduit from one box mounted to a beam and get the conduit back to it's original beam and the box on that beam? Is it always the multiplier of the degree times the distance? So if my beams are 6' apart and I use a 30 degree bend, my conduit isn't long enough. Using a ten foot stick. Would I be better using a 45 degree in this case?
Well you have to factor in the degrees you have prior to your 45 remember code says no more than 360 degrees without a junction point/pull point. My rule is 270. And keep in mind that the higher the degree the harder it is to pull wire. You will have to measure your offset and for a 30 multiply it by 2. If that doesn't answer your question let me know
@@MountaineerOutdoors Okay sounds good. My distance is only 2' 11" so I should be good for the 22 degree. When you say 360 degrees are you speaking to going around a square? I will have pull boxes about every 10ft so I should be okay I think. I will take a picture if it looks good. It should look like a stretched out Z. My challenge will be doing the box offset along with the off set from one beam to the other. Wish me luck.
No every time you bend a conduit let's say you put a offset using 30° bends you will have subtract that from the 360° rule. So if you bend an offset using 30° when you are finished you have 60° bends total because you when you flipped over to make your second bend or added another 30 °. Make senses?
@@MountaineerOutdoors Okay last question. Does the multiplier matter if it's 3/4" or 1/2"? I will be using 3/4" Thank you for all the answers to my questions.
I found out I'm out of practice after being retired for 6 years I want to bend an offset from a 4x4 handy box mounted flat on a basement wall the centerof a floor joyce The top knock out is pretty close to being straight across. Do I measure from the center of the knock out to the center of the floor joyce & double it at a 30* bend?
I’m confused about something. Tell me if you can imagine this scenario and let me know if it would work. I have a 1900 box on concrete wall. I need a piece of 1/2 emt going up into the ceiling from the 1900. There’s an obstruction running along the wall that’s 4” wide. If I just set the emt on top of my 1900 box and make my first mark where the emt would meet the the obstruction, then my second mark 8” from my first mark, would that still work?
How would one calculate where to place the marks if the opposite end from the bends is already at a fixed distance (measuring from the previous coupling)?
What if you had to put in compression fitting coupling right on top of the box to connect another piece of pipe? Then you would have to maker measurement 4 and a 1/4 in. Because a compression coupling are really beefy.
1st year apprentice. This really helped compared to the books. Simple explanation and perfect demonstration.
Awesome keep up the good work.
I’m a journeyman electrician and haven’t bent pipe since I was a second year and needed a quick refresher this video helped a lot thank you.
Awesome glad to hear that this helped you ☺
I’m a second year and haven’t had much experience with it. What other kind of work have you been doing that you didn’t need to bend conduit? Do you have you apprentice do it? I’m afraid I’ll get ask to do all kinds of bends and not be able to do them so I bought some benders to practice, but conduit is way up in price.
Residential you don't use much conduit if any. Yeah conduit is up but if you skip your coffee at the local gas station every morning then by the end of the week you can buy a stick or two of conduit.
@@gustavocasas8654 most of my apprenticeship was industrial and used teck cable over conduit. Most jobs I was on we seldom used pipe and I was just never around it. Recently move been doing commercial and have had to bend a lot of pipe. Just learn a method and stick to it and eventually you’ll get the hang of it.
I started learning my second year haha, I mean knew 90s but I didn't really dedicate my efforts to bending.
As a young 20 year old 3rd year apprenticeship, thank you for this
My pleasure. Glad this helped you. Good luck with your career
@MountaineerOutdoors I love being an electrician I can't wait to be right with the top dogs
@@ColdShoulder131 it won't take long. I love what I do too. Keep learning. I do everyday
Thanks for the instructions. Complete beginner at bending EMT and I was able to do everything I needed for a non-electrical project. This is for a mobile arm support used in occupational therapy. Several bends at wonky angles creating intentional dog legs and it came out perfect. Thanks!
Awesome and your so welcome. I appreciate you watching and commenting ☺
I don’t comment much on TH-cam but I’ve had trouble learning this stuff and this video helped tons thank you!
My pleasure thanks for watching and commenting ☺
easy for sure i have to do 2 offsets come monday morning i tend to over think and over complicate things
Awesome, how did you do?
Ahhh me too
Thanks for the class, my friend, I just found it a little quick, I tried to watch the video slower but I couldn't, but the video was great. Congratulations !!!
Thank you I appreciate your kind words..have a great day
I thank you, a great day for you too
I had to bend an offset to get around a 2x8 to feed my EVSE in my garage. This training was perfect. Thank you.
So glad this helped. I appreciate your comment and watching
I just stumbled on this video. Needed a 1'' 1/ 2 offset for a t-stat and this method worked out perfectly. Thanks!
Awesome so glad that this helped. Thanks for watching and commenting ☺
I've watched several videos and this one was by far the best!
You did a great job of explaining and demonstrating.
Thank you!
I appreciate your comment and watching. I am glad this helped you. Have a great day ☺️
Thank you!!!
You just saved my day I was having trouble because of lack of equipment.
Glad that it helped. ☺ Have a great day
Thank you. I have not touched pipe in five years and this was a good refresher
My pleasure thanks for watching and commenting ☺
This is my fist time watching your video, and I love it, I wanna learn more from your video.
Definitely subscribe I have plenty
and the longer the run, the harder it is to pull your wire through 4 90's. I agree, don't go with a full 360 in your run between boxes, I've heard a few electricians that have done it for a while say the same thing about using the 30 degree angle; it's easy to calculate and it definitely makes pulling wire more efficient, and it's all about efficiency! I'm also an IBEW member of the local 1141 in Oklahoma city. I'm a QC commercial Journeyman electrician. I was glad to become a member in March 26th of 2019. I'm glad I joined! We have a big sign in one of our halls that says "right to work is a ripoff". It really is; because it does not look out for the worker! Plus you have people negotiating wages and benefits for you!
Definitely that right to work sucks.. I never knew how much until I joined the union in 2012. Thanks for the comment and watching ☺
I watch these videos, not because I want to do these things myself, but so I know when to call you!..lol! Good stuff brother!
😂 😂 😂 Anytime man plus it would give me a chance to ride with a pro rider.. Seriously though anytime
It would be better if you showed how far is that obtraction from the pipe you are connecting too. Thanks.
Thanks man. Havent bent 3/4 at all aside from a few classes in years. Appreciate it
Always my pleasure ☺
you did a great job, thank you so much. Starting at a new jobsite tomorrow so i want to impress the boss.
Awesome congratulations thank you for your the nice words ☺
Bring him lunch
Definitely 😂 😂
Bring him smokes and tell him he's the best boss you've been around. He'll let you take.copper home after that lol
😂 😂 😂
This is most helpful after 4 + years off from my practice. I am rusty to say the least. One thing as a follow-up: I was trained to always use pencil to mark conduit on the premise that if somewhere down the road someone paints the conduit, a marker will bleed through whereas pencil won't. That being said, if future painting isn't an issue, and having quite visible black marks isn't either, I don't see why it hurts to use the marker. Thank you again; nicely done tutorial. . .
Agreed, and I appreciate your comment and watching ☺
Sharpie cleans off metal easily with rubbing alcohol on a paper towel. Looks perfect, no marks at all. Pencil is hard to see on metal imho.
Dude, this video got me dialed in on bending emt. Fantastic work. Keep it up!
Awesome glad to hear that this helped you. Thanks for the comment and watching ☺
Clear and simple explanation, thanks!!
My pleasure thanks for watching and commenting ☺
Thank you ! You have been more than helpful. Low voltage electrical and we do a lot of pipe bending you have been a great help . 👍👍👍
Awesome to hear that. I appreciate your comment and watching ☺
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Awesome so glad to hear that. Have a great day ☺
I'm a journeyman electrician and have never bent pipe but got a new job in commercial which I've never done or wanted to do. And I'm learning from this video as I type this lol
Awesome my friend good luck it's pretty rewarding once you get the hang of it.
@Mountaineer Outdoors just got an email from an underground mine I applied for haha may not be here long enough to get good.
Good money but dangerous watch your back.
@Mountaineer Outdoors Dangerous Heavy Industrial stuff is pretty much all I've done for a long time, hence why I never learned pipe. I even took 2 years off and conducted trains for CNRail. A fair amount of people died doing that job that started around my time frame. But Thanks.
Thank you, I don't speak English but thanks to you I understood
Awesome thanks for watching and glad to hear that this helped you
Just did my first one ever at 58. Watched and did and perfect = Huge thanks
That's awesome I love hearing this and so glad this helped. Thanks for watching and commenting ☺
That's awesome I love hearing this and so glad this helped. Thanks for watching and commenting ☺
Thanks... you are the best tracher. I learned from you than a semester in community college.
Wow I appreciate that.. I plan on making more videos so make sure subscribe
Thank you very much for posting this video
I am having trouble with figuring out conduit bending my co workers won’t teach I am learning the hard way on my own.
My pleasure I hope that my demonstration do help. Good luck and stick with it
@@MountaineerOutdoors thank you
Not a problem
Keep making videos this one was quick and great. I just don’t get why people fight about ways of bending offsets.
Yep I totally agree.. Thanks for watching and commenting
Great video. Thanks for taking ur time to explain it patiently. I worked on conduit with my ex-fiancés father. The guy was a total asshole and control freak. I learned more from you in this 6 min video than working with that psycho.
I have been there and I know exactly how you felt...I appreciate you watching and glad that I could help..
This is my first time watching your videos I'm just getting into this pipe bending conduit bending and you have been very very helpful please send the Coast Guard chart video please
Thanks for the comment and watching here is the video th-cam.com/video/yz81Ya9kXek/w-d-xo.html
30 degree bend and length of obstruction x2 great video
Thanks and you definitely have it
I haven't bent pipe in years thanks man. Got a test coming up
Well good luck and take your time. You got this. Keep me posted if you pass.
Thanks man. Did my cousins barn today. Going to knock out some offsets tomorrow. Great video. Can’t wait to do some quality bends.
Hell yeah man good luck and I appreciate your watching and commenting
Say if your on a continuous run. If you have a obstruction what will your first mark acually be to clear it’s to you just measure up to it and then bend on your first mark ?
Yes
This is my first video I’ve watched of you, an I’m subscribing 👍🏾. Quick an to the point!!
Awesome!! Welcome aboard...
Thank you, bending tuning is a very challenging task I always get confused
Take your time and before you know it it will be like riding a bike.
@@MountaineerOutdoors I really hope so
It will come to you don't rush it and listen to everyone's advice then find your own rhythm. That's what I did.
Great Vid Brother I’m HVAC Fitter and running recessed in house. Thanks for helping making it look like a Pro did it 👍
Always my pleasure. Thank you for your comment and watching ☺
ive struggled with understanding this concept for the longest ! thanks so much !
Always my pleasure ☺
Although you might not have an issue with sharpie, it just looks poor on exposed conduit. Pencil can get rubbed off and just delivers a better product for the client. I love this guide though and thanks for taking the time out of your life to make this.
My pleasure thanks for watching and commenting ☺
Salutes you from Edmonton Alberta Canada 🇨🇦 thanks for video
Always my pleasure ☺
Hi maestro I’m so happy to watch your videos and I hope you keep doing more videos for us thanks again stay safe and blessed
You as well. I appreciate you watching and commenting ☺
Need more bending videos Brotha
You well explained it
Thank you
Pretty clear and to the point
Could you do a pipe bend from a disconnect to the main service panel doing the offset bend
I unfortunately won't be able to. If you are looking for back to back bends I have a video on that.
I didn't see in other videos why you put the first mark on 3 in, can you please tell me? I have a lot of issues with offsets & this helped A LOT. Thanks!
No real reason, it just keeps everything uniform and if you have to shorten anything up you can. Glad to hear that this helped you out. Thanks for the comment and watching ☺
This video was amazing thank you BUT...
What if my bend is open or closed? How do I fix it?
There is a video coming out about this in the next few weeks watch for it.
Nice video - not overly complicated 👍🏽
If you want to take it a step further, you would also need to consider how far away the obstruction is from your last coupling/connector, and account for it + shrinkage in your first line, before making your second line at double the obstruction’s height.
But again, great video
Exactly thank you for your comment and watching
Great vid! At 1:53 and 2:37 what is this chart you are referencing? That specs 2x for 30deg bends? Thanks!
here is the video explaining it. I hope it helps. I appreciate you watching and commenting th-cam.com/video/yz81Ya9kXek/w-d-xo.html
@@MountaineerOutdoors Thanks much, another great vid!
My pleasure
Thank you. GOD BLESS THE FAMILY 👪 24. 7💪
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Great Series. Thank you, Brother.
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From Southern California, thanks a lot man apprentice it
My pleasure thanks for watching and commenting.. Im originally from Downey California.
Should you have a level on the end of your pipe to ensure no dog leg?
It would be hard in my opinion.
Most electricians are working for speed. You'll find that the majority of benders if you pull the handle straight up will give you a 30 degree bend. You're less likely to flatten the pipe or bow it by bending with the bender on the floor. It's also generally easier to avoid dog legs looking down on the bends. Don't get me wrong as I've bent plenty of pipe with the bender standing on the handle but on the floor is always faster expecially when you need multiple bends that are identical. Nice video though. History note. I got sent out to a job where they had a couple of cowboys doing all the pipe work. It was pretty work. They were proud and wanted to show it to me. We went into the mechanical room and there was a panel can with a whole rack of 1/2" pipe. The pipe came out and offset back to the wall. Went up four feet and there was a I-beam set out a few inches so they four point saddled around it. Went up almost to the ceiling where there was another beam and they offset out and the hooked a ninety to go out of the room with one last saddle before going out into the hall. I walked out into the hall and looking down the hallway I could see a ninety, two more four point saddles, another ninety and then the first pull box. None of the hallway was going to be accessible. I looked at these two guys and said do you have any idea how many 90's you can put in a run of pipe and still pull wire through it? In one of those I didn't know turkeys couldn't fly moments the guy said I thought you could pull wire through as many bends as you needed. Note. It was an entire rack of pipes.
Yes I agree with you on the floor. And that story boy I couldn't even imagine seeing that. What a nightmare. Back to the drawing board 😂 😂. I appreciate you watching and commenting ☺
Is 12-2 solid CU THHN sufficient to run off an existing outlet in residential garage?
Usually but you need to make sure that you have it on no more than a 20 amp breaker.
@@MountaineerOutdoors thank you for the info!
Np good luck 🤞
Is the arrow just for 90s? I was told to put the marking just past the lip. Or does it not really matter?
I would say that as long as you stay consistent it should be fine. I haven't bent like that so I cannot say for sure.
sweet! I suck at bending pipe you make it easy to understand
Awesome so glad to hear that this helped you ☺
Seems like it will be kind of tight to put a coupling right there. Maybe make a video showing how to bend an offset that passes the obstruction so that we can easily put a coupling on it. Great easy video
Great idea I appreciate you watching and commenting ☺
Missing 10 degree mark on bender. Besides buying new bender what is your suggestion. Watch all your videos and they are always spot on.
I appreciate you always watching. What bender do you have? My suggestion if yours doesn't have it get a protractor bend the pipe, use your protractor see where 10 degrees is and tweak it from there. Here is a protractor like I am referring to amzn.to/3tv2oUK
It's an old Appleton. I've had it for 40 years and never noticed the 10 degree mark missing lol. Been winging it. I will now mark it to make it more accurate. You brought me up to date.
That's awesome. Good luck and if you have any other questions let me know
Could you do a video on how to do offsets in between metal studs ?
Do you mean in between the holes that are in the studs? Or like out of a box and onto the top plate?
Ridged conduit 3/4 and 1-inch gal with the threading machine, pony, vice, ban saw, 3 piece coupling. Chicago bender and sidewinder. More importantly, making everything level after the bend was too much or too little. Spinning the conduit on from hard to reach spots.
I'm assuming that this is ideas that you would like to see?
How do you go about making the offset bends level or if they get doglegged? How do you adjust the errors?
I need to get a video on that asap..
Anyone can do this including me....oh wait no I can't lol. Great teacher brother.
😂 😂 I appreciate you commenting and watching. Have a great Christmas and happy new year
@@MountaineerOutdoors you and your too!
Question: so if let’s say from the fitting to the beginning of the obstruction is at 10 inches, would you mark 10 inches on the pipe and assuming the obstruction is 4 inches tall, you’d go 8 inches from the 10 inch mark?
That sounds correct. You also need to keep in mind that your pipe bend may run into your obstruction. So a 30 degree bend may not cut it may have to shoot for a 45.. All depends on the obstruction
@@MountaineerOutdoors awesome thank you for the clarification
What if you have an object between two boxes? Would you mark more towards the middle of the pipe?
Not sure exactly what you mean... You might need a 3 point saddle
Is it the same reference to x2 on let’s say 1 1/4? Emt
Yep
I recently installed an outlet on a concrete wall and messed up the measurement to the outlet (short) because I didn’t calculate the 90 degree bend correctly. Would you make a video for that? I would appreciate it.
I absolutely will that is on my list of videos to make.
How do u make a box offset n at the other end, make an elbow ? N how wuld u know which 2 use first (arrow or star)?
That depends on alot of applications... That is a good video idea. That's hard to give a all in one answer
How and when do you start ‘seeing’ the conduit run? I have a few conduit runs I have to make at work and I constantly second guess myself. Thanks for the help
My thing is this.. It comes easy for some, for me it didn't. So I just jumped in both feet slammed some up and asked for criticism. Knowing that no matter what someone would have something to say. Good or bad I listened and didn't get mad, took what was said and used it on my next runs. Eventually I had alot of information stored and it became easier and easier. Main thing is this. Everyone does it different and there is several ways to get it done. Make it neat and as long as it gets from one end to the other and your happy with it, then it will work. Someone will always critique your work but don't sweat it.. Listen and learn
Great Vid!! I love how you keep it simple!!
Thanks I appreciate you watching and commenting
What I wanna know is how to measure conduit from point a to b. How much do you subtract from the connector or cupling
This video made things easy. Thank you
My pleasure thanks for watching and commenting ☺
should we plus shrink?
Excellent video my friend.. thanks. 👍👍
My pleasure thanks for watching and commenting ☺
What about the shrinkage measurement?
Gonna have a video on it soon
Thanks for the help and that is true. Always take pride in your work
My pleasure thanks for watching and commenting ☺
That's a fine lesson! But thsts not the bends guys really have a hard time with is the 2 inch offsets that I see them struggle with cause the 2x30° formula don't work and it becomes trial and error till you just don't so many of them that they just come natural
Yeah once you get it down you can eye ball it sometimes you may have bend it on 15 degrees
Did u make a video on a 90& offset together?
No but I will Def have to work on that
Thank you so much, for a great explanation.
My pleasure thanks for watching and commenting ☺
I was thought to bend 30 degree offset by times the measure by 1.5 degrees and x2 for 45... Is that correct?
No 2 X for 30 degree 1.41 which I just do 1.45 for a 45 degree.
I got half-inch conduit coming off my shop lights on my ceiling to my back wall going to 90 on that back wall and dropping down into my breaker box how can I bend another run to go underneath that 90 on my back wall to drop down into my breaker box side-by-side? And just so you know these are all hung buy hangers off the ceiling
Is that for 3/4 too?
Can you do some 90 s and kicks , thanks
Working on them very very soon. Thanks for the suggestion
Question. So what if there is no obstruction I just need to angle the conduit from one box mounted to a beam and get the conduit back to it's original beam and the box on that beam? Is it always the multiplier of the degree times the distance? So if my beams are 6' apart and I use a 30 degree bend, my conduit isn't long enough. Using a ten foot stick. Would I be better using a 45 degree in this case?
Well you have to factor in the degrees you have prior to your 45 remember code says no more than 360 degrees without a junction point/pull point. My rule is 270. And keep in mind that the higher the degree the harder it is to pull wire. You will have to measure your offset and for a 30 multiply it by 2. If that doesn't answer your question let me know
@@MountaineerOutdoors Okay sounds good. My distance is only 2' 11" so I should be good for the 22 degree. When you say 360 degrees are you speaking to going around a square? I will have pull boxes about every 10ft so I should be okay I think. I will take a picture if it looks good. It should look like a stretched out Z. My challenge will be doing the box offset along with the off set from one beam to the other. Wish me luck.
No every time you bend a conduit let's say you put a offset using 30° bends you will have subtract that from the 360° rule. So if you bend an offset using 30° when you are finished you have 60° bends total because you when you flipped over to make your second bend or added another 30 °. Make senses?
@@MountaineerOutdoors Okay last question. Does the multiplier matter if it's 3/4" or 1/2"? I will be using 3/4" Thank you for all the answers to my questions.
Nope not at all. And your fine. Let me know how it goes for you
Good for beginners very helpful👍👍
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How do a 3 point with a 90 stub on end same pipe?
Wow that's pretty terrible why don't you just kick it or do a compound bend?
Can you make a video on making parallel offsets and parallel kicks
Great idea I will try to get one made that's definitely worth a video for sure
I found out I'm out of practice after being retired for 6 years I want to bend an offset from a 4x4 handy box mounted flat on a basement wall the centerof a floor joyce The top knock out is pretty close to being straight across. Do I measure from the center of the knock out to the center of the floor joyce & double it at a 30* bend?
I would measure it at the bottom of the lip of the connector to the bottom of the conduit. And 30 degrees is x2
@@MountaineerOutdoors Thanks
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I’m confused about something. Tell me if you can imagine this scenario and let me know if it would work. I have a 1900 box on concrete wall. I need a piece of 1/2 emt going up into the ceiling from the 1900. There’s an obstruction running along the wall that’s 4” wide. If I just set the emt on top of my 1900 box and make my first mark where the emt would meet the the obstruction, then my second mark 8” from my first mark, would that still work?
Yep definitely that's kinda the way I use to always do it.
Used to work with this guy, idk how he’s doing now but he used to be a huge alcoholic
How would one calculate where to place the marks if the opposite end from the bends is already at a fixed distance (measuring from the previous coupling)?
Im not exactly sure what your asking, but basically the same way I did it here in the video if this doesnt answer your question please let me know
I’m having a hard bending 60 degree offsets that are less than 3 inches. Any tips on that?
Use a 45 or a 30 degree. Alot easier to pull wire through
Box offsets while conforming to a large radius bend. I build commercial steam boilers.
does this have to be 2 inches away from the obstruction?
Are you referring to how far that I came back on the pipe? If so no you can definitely go on the end of pipe or in the middle.
What is that blue tool called that bends the metal?
Emt hand bender
Does that multiplier work with 1 inch conduit
It works on all sizes. So yes it will. I'm working on a video now showing kinda what your asking me. So be on the watch for it.
@@MountaineerOutdoors thanks
What if you had to put in compression fitting coupling right on top of the box to connect another piece of pipe?
Then you would have to maker measurement 4 and a 1/4 in.
Because a compression coupling are really beefy.
Good point they Def are beefy for sure.
Can you please show us how to work out box of trix
I'm not sure exactly what you are asking?
Also, I’ve enjoyed your other electrical lessons. Thanks!
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Great video 💯
Thank you for the video. You just made me look better than my foreman. I just got fired.
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