Cutting ridgid Conduit with wires

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iwire

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So what did I end up doing at about 1AM Friday morning?

The 1/2" EMT trick worked well as did a spare long sawzal blade slide inside to keep the wires protected. I hate GRC. ;)

Sorry for the poor photos, I was more interested in getting it done.
 

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liquidtite

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It's all night work, the parking lot is too busy to take up spots during the day.

Replacing two site pole bases and adding two new ones.

Make Shure you save the old panel .

bc you can use a peice of card board to place over top and bottom of panel were the holes are from the old conduits then trace the holes onto the cardboard .

cut the cardboard out and now you can use that peice as template for your new back board
 

J.P.

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So what did I end up doing at about 1AM Friday morning?

The 1/2" EMT trick worked well as did a spare long sawzal blade slide inside to keep the wires protected. I hate GRC. ;)

Sorry for the poor photos, I was more interested in getting it done.

Thats pvc right?
String, pvc cutters 9 just spin them instead of cutting straight through. Even ratchet cutter like you use on large wire will work well as long as you can turn them. all these things will make short work of PVC.
 

iwire

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Ok. I'm in. Do I bring a sawzall, grinder, or a torch?

I have cut a panel and a large (say 48"Hx30"Wx20"D) ATS and it went very quickly with a sawzal. Neatness does not count so you can move quick with a sharp blade.

The ATS had three 4" conduits with 600 copper in them, top, bottom and one side so cutting it out was the only way it was coming out.
 

kwired

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So what did I end up doing at about 1AM Friday morning?

The 1/2" EMT trick worked well as did a spare long sawzal blade slide inside to keep the wires protected. I hate GRC. ;)

Sorry for the poor photos, I was more interested in getting it done.
No pictures of the wire stretcher you apparently used there?
 

iwire

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No pictures of the wire stretcher you apparently used there?

Here ya go.

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These replaced the western unions that were likely there since before I was in the trade.:D When we exposed the conduit we found it had already been repaired once before, I took it apart at the couping someone else had installed. Unfortunately the excavator hit the pipe and bent it, I had to shorten some to get to a straight section.

Still looking into replacing the conductors but having trouble finding where they show up inside. I have traced them from the contactor through pipes to a point where the pipe goes out of sight behind a large cooler.

We replaced two existing bases with new, added two additional new bases Next week I should be setting the poles. I hope to have new conductors in place by then but if not the old ones will be reused.
 

domnic

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cutting conduit

cutting conduit

Use the old panel as a splice box install the new one next to it.
 
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