Cutting pvc pipe without removing wires
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Sure there is! It's called the service entrance conductor......... short it out long enough and it becomes a 'fusible link'!
Actually, I like to say, "There's nothing between you and Hoover Dam."
Sure there is! It's called the service entrance conductor......... short it out long enough and it becomes a 'fusible link'!
Actually, I like to say, "There's nothing between you and Hoover Dam."
Hee hee :grin:
e57
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- San Francisco, CA
And you (if you're the dope cutting the SEC) may be purchasing all of the equipment damaged, and possibly other litigious damages and fines from the POCO or AHJ. I like to say - The "fuse" might be a 30KVA transformer, $10K fine and your neighbors house, maybe your own too - or all of the above.Sure there is! It's called the service entrance conductor......... short it out long enough and it becomes a 'fusible link'!
Actually, I like to say, "There's nothing between you and Hoover Dam."
A while back (decade) a GC here decided to move a service by taking it off the wall and shifting it over - the mast snapped, shorted, as the lines melted together they eventually fell onto the neighbors front steps - igniting them into a small fire - which the fire dept promtly put out, and used pick axes to make sure they were out. The neutral must have been the first to go - since every electrical device in the house he intially did this to let the smoke out - and along with most of the neighbors - every house on that transformer. When I got there - to put the new service back on the original building people were still finding things to add to the tally... Cars with molten plastic and metal dripped on them from above - appliances, TV's and the POCO decided the transformer was damaged in this and needed to be replaced. That GC got to pay for all of it... No one wants to be that guy.
Jake49
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- Scranton, SC
There is a tool made to accomplish this. I used one on a project about 2 months ago. It is called a conduit splitter (What other name would it be called) and I borrowed it from the Directional Boring Contractor. It looks and acts more or less like a can opener and the depth can be set where you don't have to worry about cutting the wires. After cutting around the conduit you can cut up the side and be able to remove the conduit from around the wires. I still haven't found out where to purchase one and the Boring guy did not remember where he got it but I know it's out there cause I used one and if you can find it please let me know from where.
Thanks,
Jake49
Thanks,
Jake49
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- Simi Valley, CA
Wow all these fancy tricks and all this time I was just really careful with a hacksaw.
N844AA
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Wow all these fancy tricks and all this time I was just really careful with a hacksaw.
Is that one of those things that hold a saw blade in a frame with a wooden handle? It's manual, right? You have to manually push it back and forth? Kinda like a Sawzall but it's somehow powered by the muscles in your arm?
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- Simi Valley, CA
I've heard of those things. Don't recall seeing one, though.
You young kids an all your fancy tools. Bet you never had to use a yankee either.
When I was a kid we didn't even have electricity, we had to drill out the studs with a sharp rock.
Den
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I have used a heat gun to soften the pipe and then its easy to pull out a chunk and see the wires to protect them to finish cutting the pipe
You young kids an all your fancy tools. Bet you never had to use a yankee either.
When I was a kid we didn't even have electricity, we had to drill out the studs with a sharp rock.
Who's young? Just so you know, my first hammer drill was one of these:
e57
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It was turned off for several days - when I showed up a lynch mob was forming, and I had to talk quick to explain that I had nothing to do with the big fiasco the CG did.But, the power was still turned off, wasn't it?Mission acomplished, then.
N844AA
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- Los Angeles
LOL, I'm so old I remember when Wiremold was something you found in old pull boxes!
mivey
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Around here, only the spoiled kids had sharp rocks.You young kids an all your fancy tools. Bet you never had to use a yankee either.
When I was a kid we didn't even have electricity, we had to drill out the studs with a sharp rock.
mivey
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Mine too. In those days, I had a set of hammer drills, and the busted knuckles to go with it.
Den
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- Southern Iowa
I've got a yankee. Havn't used it for years because I had to order bits. I seen our local Menards has them new with quicktach 1/4 bit holder. I might have to upgrade.
LarryFine
Master Electrician Electric Contractor Richmond VA
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- Henrico County, VA
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- Electrical Contractor
When I was a kid we didn't even have electricity, we had to drill out the studs with a sharp rock.
"We were so poor, the whole family had to share one pair of shoes."
"You had feet?!"
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- Simi Valley, CA
Yeah, I meant a sharp rock that we had to trade the spoiled kids our feet for. Yeah, that's the ticket.
K8MHZ
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- Electrician
Star bits actually are not that bad to use, especially when it comes to making larger holes.
Used along with a standard chisel, you can actually make some nice looking holes. AND you can make them nearly any shape.
Used along with a standard chisel, you can actually make some nice looking holes. AND you can make them nearly any shape.
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