- Location
- Windsor, CO NEC: 2017
- Occupation
- Service Manager
I took a few pictures today. I took them first thing in the morning, so they may be a little dim to make out details, I apologize. Click on the thumbnails to enlarge.
I did not do this. When I first saw this, I was very impressed.
This is a 1/2" EMT run to a Emergency light. There is a 12-2 MC run leaving the light, running to an exit sign in a hard lid yet to be built. As is visible in the picture, I could not figure out how to get the distances/angles right on the diagonal leg of the run. I took my tape measure, took a best guess and ran with it.
I could not 90, as there's a big beam over this wall.
This is the first rack I've ever done. It didn't even look this good when I first completed these bends. Thankfully, the guy looking over my shoulder told me to fix it, and showed me how to check for doglegs. He could see it just by looking, I couldn't. He put the pipe on the floor and showed me the problem.
Originally, the farthest pipe was correct, the next one was an inch high at the bottom, the second two inches lower, etc. It was pretty bad. Edit to add: The reason the 1/2" is a foot closer to the camera on the rack, is because I had a lot of obstacles to miss on this side of the building. There was a girder in the way, and that's as close as the 1/2" could be to the 1" and 3/4" runs.
Those EMTs lead into the next room...
I did almost all the EMT in this ceiling, the box with the temp light excluded. I installed the 1" EMTs and the 4x11/16 box immediately to the right of the light. Would you have approached this box the same way?
Thanks for any and all pointers. Bear in mind, I stink at math.
I did not do this. When I first saw this, I was very impressed.
This is a 1/2" EMT run to a Emergency light. There is a 12-2 MC run leaving the light, running to an exit sign in a hard lid yet to be built. As is visible in the picture, I could not figure out how to get the distances/angles right on the diagonal leg of the run. I took my tape measure, took a best guess and ran with it.
I could not 90, as there's a big beam over this wall.
This is the first rack I've ever done. It didn't even look this good when I first completed these bends. Thankfully, the guy looking over my shoulder told me to fix it, and showed me how to check for doglegs. He could see it just by looking, I couldn't. He put the pipe on the floor and showed me the problem.
Originally, the farthest pipe was correct, the next one was an inch high at the bottom, the second two inches lower, etc. It was pretty bad. Edit to add: The reason the 1/2" is a foot closer to the camera on the rack, is because I had a lot of obstacles to miss on this side of the building. There was a girder in the way, and that's as close as the 1/2" could be to the 1" and 3/4" runs.
Those EMTs lead into the next room...
I did almost all the EMT in this ceiling, the box with the temp light excluded. I installed the 1" EMTs and the 4x11/16 box immediately to the right of the light. Would you have approached this box the same way?
Thanks for any and all pointers. Bear in mind, I stink at math.
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