In areas where looks don't matter you can get away with it on 1/2 inch and 3/4 inch. Larger raceways don't always like to cooperate with even minor offsets unless you bend the offset or use hanger straps.
In areas where looks don't matter you can get away with it on 1/2 inch and 3/4 inch. Larger raceways don't always like to cooperate with even minor offsets unless you bend the offset or use hanger straps.
Buy a squisher and stop cutting corners. If box offsets are going to save you that much time and make/break the job you are cutting things way too tight. Presentation is eveything and if the inspector sees the effort put in here on the rough, that respect will carry through io the final and onto the next job. Plus, who can't whip in an offset in less than a few seconds, the bender is right there. That was the first thing I learned to bend. Those "buried" conduits in the stud wall going to the sconce box look like junk and if my guys did that, they wouldn't be my guys for long. Sorry it's late and maybe I'm just crabby. I'll give you the Erico fittings are nice and cowboys save you the bend, but I'm not crazy about cowboys either. So to answer the OP, yes we put a box offset everywhere one is needed, no wingin it there!
That's just it. Conduit that slides together easy slides apart easy. When you have to tweek the pipe and kind of jamb it together it puts a extra pressure on the fittings and lock rings. This makes the conduit as an EGC better.Originally Posted by plumb bob
If Billy Idol or John Denver is on your Ipod go and re-evaluate your life.
Might be fine with steel fittings, die cast fittings just break if pipe puts strain on the fitting.
There is an art to it. It's gotta be workmanlike jamming and tweeking.
If Billy Idol or John Denver is on your Ipod go and re-evaluate your life.
Yeah, I don't think anyone is talking that extreame.
Maybe, I used to see a lot of broken die cast fittings. I don't seem to see as many as I used to. It is either because people take more care when using them, they have gone to using steel fittings, or the die cast are stronger than they used to be (which I find very hard to believe).
These are a big time saver with emt drops in steel studs. Elminates any offset in the wall and easy to work with. Love them.
What's a squisher? An offset bender?Buy a squisher and stop cutting corners. If box offsets are going to save you that much time and make/break the job you are cutting things way too tight. Presentation is eveything and if the inspector sees the effort put in here on the rough, that respect will carry through io the final and onto the next job. Plus, who can't whip in an offset in less than a few seconds, the bender is right there. That was the first thing I learned to bend. Those "buried" conduits in the stud wall going to the sconce box look like junk and if my guys did that, they wouldn't be my guys for long. Sorry it's late and maybe I'm just crabby. I'll give you the Erico fittings are nice and cowboys save you the bend, but I'm not crazy about cowboys either. So to answer the OP, yes we put a box offset everywhere one is needed, no wingin it there!
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