redwirewoman
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how many can i put in a 3/4" emt?
how many can i put in a 3/4" emt?
I would also use Annex C but just to be clear Annex C is not part of the code and if it has a mistake (and I believe it has some) you can be in violation.
Best to do the math yourself to verify, plus I bet the 8 AWGs have a 10 AWG EGC.
Annex C, Table C.1 tells me 4-#6 AWG THHN conductors in a 3/4" EMT
Six of them if you use a j-box every 24" or less.
Six of them if you use a j-box every 24" or less.
:grin: Does that work out to 60%?
Annex C, Table C.1 tells me 4-#6 AWG THHN conductors in a 3/4" EMT
I would also use Annex C but just to be clear Annex C is not part of the code and if it has a mistake (and I believe it has some) you can be in violation.
Best to do the math yourself to verify, plus I bet the 8 AWGs have a 10 AWG EGC.
That tells me that someone else can put 4 sixes in 3/4".
Trust me, three is all you really want to have to pull in a 3/4".
I agree with you. We pulled three 6's and a 10 ground one time in a 3/4 emt. and it was a pain the whole way. I would personally go to 1" if i had to do it again.
I agree with you. We pulled three 6's and a 10 ground one time in a 3/4 emt. and it was a pain the whole way. I would personally go to 1" if i had to do it again.
That's what you get for trying to use that old THW #6 you had stored in the warehouse for last 30 years.
Seriously, I pulled recently 200+' of 3#6 and a #8 with 3 90's and I kept having this feeling that the head came apart and I'm pulling only one wire.
I haven't checked lately, but in a previous edition of the NEC, you could pull 4 #6 thhn in a 3/4" conduit, but could not pull 3 #6 and a #10 in a 3/4" conduit because of a different table you had to use.
I havn't checked lately, but in a previous edition of the NEC, you could pull 4 #6 thhn in a 3/4" conduit, but could not pull 3 #6 and a #10 in a 3/4" conduit because of a different table you had to use. That being said, just pulled in 3 #6's and a #10 in four different 150' runs with about 260-300 degrees of bends in each run with no problem, even megged the runs per customer specifications. This is what was spec'd by the engineers, and passed by two different electrical inspectors in a tough jurisdiction.
Something about this statement doesn't seem right, can you explain this?