EMT Coupling Repair

[gbuschling]

Is there such a thing as a repair coupling for EMT. I have found a cracked coupling in a run of 1-1/4" EMT. Didn't know if someone made a coupling that could be installed without tearing the entire conduit system apart.

 

[peter]

You could always make one. Ha Ha!
~Peter

 

[Cow]

Not that I know of.

It'd be a j-box or gutter if it was too hard to pull the conductors out...

 

[readydave8]

I just saw an ad for them, I think in EC mag, unfortunaltely already threw it away.

 

[LarryFine]

I've seen them for PVC, but not EMT.

I found this question while searching.

 

[Pierre C Belarge]

Weld it....















JKidding

 

[K8MHZ]

JB Weld?

 

[BJ Conner]

Is there such a thing as a repair coupling for EMT. I have found a cracked coupling in a run of 1-1/4" EMT. Didn't know if someone made a coupling that could be installed without tearing the entire conduit system apart.

Was this a cast set-screw coupling made in China?

 

[LarryFine]

Was this a cast set-screw coupling made in China?

Most of the cast fittings I've seen are made in zinc.

 

[norcal]

Was this a cast set-screw coupling made in China?

Most of the import die cast fittings I have seen have been made in India.

 

[BJ Conner]

Most of the import die cast fittings I have seen have been made in India.

On the last job we had Meyers hubs made in India

 

[ericsherman37]

Yeah. Zip ties.

 

[norcal]

On the last job we had Meyers hubs made in India

Genuine Myers Scru-Tite hubs? Or generic?

 

[Pierre C Belarge]

Most of the cast fittings I've seen are made in zinc.

Funny and clever...

 

[LarryFine]

Funny and clever...

Merci!

 

[BJ Conner]

Genuine Myers Scru-Tite hubs? Or generic?

Genuine Meyers- The box said Meyers, The hubs looked as good as any I have ever seen. They didn't say made in india just India.
Things don't have to say where they are made anymore. If you buy Craftsman tools unless they say "Made in USA" they are made in China.
I went to buy son and son-in law a dog-bone wrench. The plastic hanger card said "made in China". The wrench just said Craftsman. I called sears and finally got the answer most of their stuff is made in China.

 

[Conduit Phil]

These might work if they made them larger than 1"

http://www.crouse-hinds.com/catalog/PDFS/SetScrewFittingsSpaceSaver.pdf

Cut the conduit and remove the broken fitting, then put one of those on each end of the conduits and drop a box between them.

You'd have to cut the wires inside, of course.

 

[LarryFine]

You'd have to cut the wires inside, of course.

I believe avoiding that is the goal.

 

[Conduit Phil]

I believe avoiding that is the goal.

If you're putting in a box then you have a place to make the splice :grin:

 

[norcal]

Genuine Meyers- The box said Meyers, The hubs looked as good as any I have ever seen. They didn't say made in india just India.
Things don't have to say where they are made anymore. If you buy Craftsman tools unless they say "Made in USA" they are made in China.
I went to buy son and son-in law a dog-bone wrench. The plastic hanger card said "made in China". The wrench just said Craftsman. I called sears and finally got the answer most of their stuff is made in China.

If the box said "Meyers" I would say they are bogus as "Myers" is the correct spelling.


If Sears is having their stuff built by the ChiCom's one might as well go to Harbor Freight or other cheap Chinese tool stores & get Chinese prices, no sense paying a higher price for the benefit of Sears/K Mart stockholders.