Bending 3/4" rgs

[mstrlucky74]

Depends on where you're running the RGS, if in a poured deck then I would use a hickey. Exposed, a 555 or equivalent. And always few factory 90's for tight spots.

Hey Inf....why factory 90's over bends for tight spots?

 

[mstrlucky74]

the problem is, the list has regional distinctions.

greenfield, smurf tube, battleships, there are a thousand
different dialects of sparky speak, and half a dozen
geographically diverse words for the same piece of
material, or equipment. enough so that experienced
electricians from different regions sometimes have to use
subtitles when communicating what they want.

the problem is, the OP doesn't have first hand experience
with a lot of this stuff, so extreme clarification is sometimes
necessary. we have spent a number of pages of posts trying
to explain the difference between thinwall conduit, and GRC.

to which there have been comebacks of..... "but isn't it metal, too?"
or words to that effect.

as the OP seems to be in an estimating capacity in his place
of employment, rather than argue about the differences in
labor between EMT and GRC, he should simply bid everything
requiring conduit, with EMT labor units.

then, the first time the specifications require him to use GRC
when he bid it as EMT, the resulting loss of working capital,
perhaps even resulting in the loss of the company,
and resulting beatings from principals in the company, will
impress upon him the exact difference between the two raceway
systems with far more clarity and permanence than anything
we can say here.

i'll bet a cheeseburger that he never forgets the difference again.

:lol:

 

[masterinbama]

Hey Inf....why factory 90's over bends for tight spots?

The stub end tends to be shorter than you can thread in the field and in most cases can be threaded on without the use of an erickson.

 

[Smart $]

The stub end tends to be shorter than you can thread in the field and in most cases can be threaded on without the use of an erickson.

That's why you always do stub bends on an already threaded end... and for the really tight cases, use a hand or Chicago bender, or a hickey. But if a 555 is all that you have available, the factory el's will definitely have a shorter stub (unless you know how to cheat the bend, and have the means to do so safely, on the 555 ).

 

[masterinbama]

That's why you always do stub bends on an already threaded end... and for the really tight cases, use a hand or Chicago bender, or a hickey. But if a 555 is all that you have available, the factory el's will definitely have a shorter stub (unless you know how to cheat the bend, and have the means to do so safely, on the 555 ).

The Greenlee 1800 will make the shortest stubs of all. On 1" and smaller RGS conduit I'll use mine over the 555 almost all of the time.