mltech
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Does anybody remember Sock On connectors and who made them?
could use a few for a fix it job.
Thanks,
Mike
could use a few for a fix it job.
Thanks,
Mike
Sock Ons
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Perhaps you can enlighten us as to what it looks like and what it does.
jumper
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I found some connectors called crimp socks, dunno if that what you are referring to.:?
mltech
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sock ons
sock ons
There were essentially a 1/2 or 3/4 threaded body that you pushed on to the end of emt.
They did not have set screws or compression but had a spring steel inner lip that made them virtually impossible to get off.
extremely low profile threaded connector that looked like you cut the body off of a set screw connector, all you had left was a lip and threads that you socked on to the end of the conduit.
hope that explains it?
sock ons
There were essentially a 1/2 or 3/4 threaded body that you pushed on to the end of emt.
They did not have set screws or compression but had a spring steel inner lip that made them virtually impossible to get off.
extremely low profile threaded connector that looked like you cut the body off of a set screw connector, all you had left was a lip and threads that you socked on to the end of the conduit.
hope that explains it?
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mltech
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No, but if you cut the yellow insulated throat connector below the lip on the flat side and left the threads that's what you would have - a sock on, but the pipe extended all the way to the end of the
threads inside in connector. the spring steel part was inside the lip.
threads inside in connector. the spring steel part was inside the lip.
mltech
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think of it like a 1/2 inch chase nipple that fit over the end of conduit
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GUNNING
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sharkbite?
sharkbite?
like a shark bite?
sharkbite?
like a shark bite?
You talking about Sierra /Tomic fittings? They just slipped on & had to cut them off to remove them.
Fulthrotl
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the one in the lower right hand corner is what he's looking for, i believe.
you slipped them on emt and tapped them on with your klien's, or whatever.
there is a spring steel gripping washer inside the ferrule, similar to a
sharkbite water fitting, but not releasable, you had to cut them off.
one job i was on used them, but it's been over 30 years...... never
seen them before or since.
With credit to mdshunk 
http://forums.mikeholt.com/showthread.php?t=100354&page=2
That's the product.. haven't seen them in years.
I tried a reference from that thread but was not successful.
http://forums.mikeholt.com/showthread.php?t=100354&page=2
That's the product.. haven't seen them in years.
I tried a reference from that thread but was not successful.
Is this it?
I used to use them 30 years ago with a contractor when I was an apprentice.
I haven't seen them since. The ones we used had a better quality thread and came with a thin coupling.
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I remember them, but I don't know who made them. What's funny is I was trying to explain about them to some young guy just the other day.
Sierra /Tomic was the brand.
mltech
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Wow!
Wow!
Thanks for finding them. For a second there I thought I was going crazy!
Wonder why they disappeared?
Thanks all!
Wow!
Thanks for finding them. For a second there I thought I was going crazy!
Wonder why they disappeared?
Thanks all!
Sierra & Tomic were owned by General Signal & prev, I think a company called Sola Basic, Pass & Seymour /Legrand bought Sierra Electric but a few years ago dropped the whole Sierra line (They do own Slater too) suspect they only wanted 1 line of plates/ devices, but have no idea what happened to the Tomic fittings.
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